placenames1901 census
15People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Giblin 12
- Joyce 2
- Egan 1
Churchfield
An Nuachabháil
This small townland near Westport has a distinct archaeological and census record.
Recorded locationChurchfield53.78082° N · 9.56228° 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 Nuachabháil · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Churchfield · English · main form
Place & story
Oughaval church and graveyard
The Sites and Monuments Record lists Oughaval church and an associated graveyard in Churchfield. Its map references identify the church as a ruin on both the first and later Ordnance Survey editions. The public records provide classifications and locations but no detailed descriptive notes, so they do not establish a building date or a fuller history of the church. [2] [3]
Fifteen residents in 1901
Churchfield’s 1901 census row records fifteen residents, six male and nine female, in two occupied houses. It had twelve residents and three houses in both 1881 and 1891. The table places it in Oughaval parish and Murrisk barony, within Westport Rural electoral division, and gives its area as thirty acres, two roods and twenty perches. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Mayo
- Barony
- Murrisk
- Civil parish
- Oughaval
- Within
- Westport Rural
- Coordinates
- 53.78082, -9.56228
- Mapped area
- 0.12 km²
- Logainm ID
- 37575 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
9People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Giblin 9
1926 census
6People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Giblin 6
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Churchfield. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Sites and Monuments Record MA087-039001: Oughaval church · Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service
- Sites and Monuments Record MA087-039002: Churchfield graveyard · Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service
- Census of Ireland1901: County Mayo, printed p95 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Company, 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.