placenames1901 census
28People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Keirns 8
- McGreal 8
- Hoban 6
- Walsh 5
- Conways 1
Glinsk
Glinsce
The census places this Glinsk in Slievemahanagh electoral division, within Westport Union.
Recorded locationGlinsk53.73683° N · 9.56589° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Glinsce · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Glinsk · English · main form
Place & story
Twenty-eight inhabitants
Glinsk had twenty-eight inhabitants in 1901, seventeen male and eleven female, living in five occupied houses. The same five-house total had been recorded in 1881 and 1891, when the population was thirty-nine and thirty-eight respectively. Its area was 482 acres, two roods and two perches. The return places it in Aghagower parish and Murrisk barony, within Slievemahanagh electoral division, Westport dispensary district and Westport Poor Law Union. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Civil parish
- Aghagower
- Within
- Slievemahanagh
- Coordinates
- 53.73683, -9.56589
- Mapped area
- 1.95 km²
- Logainm ID
- 37529 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
22People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Hoban 8
- Walsh 6
- Kearins 5
- McGreal 3
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Glinsk. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Mayo, Table VII, printed page 95 · 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.