placenames1901 census
45People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Garavan 12
- Caralon 11
- Gavin 7
- Kelly 6
- Mullee 4
Cross
An Chrois
This Cross belongs to Kilmeena parish and Burrishoole barony in County Mayo.
Recorded locationCross53.82874° N · 9.55666° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Chrois · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Cross · English · main form
Place & story
Eleven occupied houses
The 1901 census counted forty-five inhabitants in Cross, twenty-four male and twenty-one female, in eleven occupied houses. Sixty people had lived there in 1881 and fifty-seven in 1891. The number of houses rose from ten in 1881 to eleven in 1891 and remained eleven in 1901. Listed within Kilmeena electoral division and Westport Union, the townland had a recorded area of 190 acres and eleven perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Burrishoole
- Civil parish
- Kilmeena
- Within
- Kilmeena
- Coordinates
- 53.82874, -9.55666
- Mapped area
- 0.77 km²
- Logainm ID
- 37259 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
46People recorded
11Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Carolan 10
- Garaven 8
- Kelly 8
- Mortimer 8
- Gavin 4
1926 census
38People recorded
9Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gavin 11
- Kelly 10
- Garaven 8
- Mortimer 5
- Carolan 3
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1901: County Mayo, printed p93 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, Dublin, 1902
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.