placenames1901 census
88People recorded
18Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McGovern 11
- McTeague 10
- Mitchell 8
- Henderson 7
- Magauran 7
Carrowmore
An Cheathrú Mhór
The Tomregan townland lies beside the wider Slieve Rushen landscape.
Recorded locationCarrowmore54.12393° N · 7.60973° 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
- An Cheathrú Mhór · Irish · main form
- Carrowmore · English · main form
Place & story
Eighty-eight inhabitants in 1901
Carrowmore’s entry in the original 1901 census records eighty-eight inhabitants, forty-six male and forty-two female. Eighteen of its twenty-one houses were inhabited and three were empty. The townland had contained 140 people in 1881 and 113 in 1891. The table places it in Tomregan parish and Ballyconnell electoral division, within Bawnboy Union. [2]
The nearby blanket bog
North-west of Carrowmore, the wider Slieve Rushen Bog Natural Heritage Area occupies broad mountain ridges and plateaux. The National Parks and Wildlife Service’s 2003 survey describes wet blanket bog with pools, moss hummocks and hollows, alongside drier heath and cutover ground. It recorded nesting golden plover and hen harriers nesting beside the protected site and hunting over it. These observations concern the surveyed bog, rather than every part of Carrowmore. [3]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
67People recorded
17Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Magovern 10
- Reilly 9
- McGovern 8
- Henderson 7
- Veitch 7
1926 census
74People recorded
18Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Henderson 15
- Reilly 14
- McGovern 13
- Kearns 7
- Freehill 6
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Carrowmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1901: County Cavan, printed p11 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, 1902
- Slieve Rushen Bog NHA000009: site synopsis, 8December2003 · National Parks and Wildlife Service
- 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 2026-08-20. How this page was prepared.