placenames1901 census
18People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1901 records ↗Collegeland
The original census identifies this small Meath townland in Upper Deece barony.
Recorded locationCollegeland53.49764° N · 6.68743° 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
- Collegeland · English · main form
Place & story
Fourteen inhabitants
The 1911 census counted fourteen inhabitants in Collegeland, five male and nine female, living in three occupied houses. Its population had been eighteen in both 1891 and 1901, with three houses at each census. The table places the townland in Kilmore parish and electoral division, Upper Deece barony and Dunshaughlin Union. Its recorded area was seventy-five acres, two roods and thirty-six perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Deece Upper
- Civil parish
- Kilmore
- Coordinates
- 53.49764, -6.68743
- Mapped area
- 0.3 km²
- Logainm ID
- 37930 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
14People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gibbons 5
- Mulligan 4
- Conroy 1
- Kenna 1
- Malone 1
1926 census
9People recorded
3Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gibbons 3
- Banon 1
- Cantwell 1
- Dungan 1
- Fagan 1
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Collegeland. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Meath, printed p 13 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
- 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 2025-08-20. How this page was prepared.