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Clifton

The original Cavan census records a small townland community within Carn electoral division.

Recorded locationClifton54.07986° N · 7.56394° 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

  • Clifton · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Clifton · English · main form

Place & story

Thirteen inhabitants

The 1901 census counted thirteen inhabitants in Clifton, six male and seven female, in three occupied houses. Its comparative columns show twenty-one residents in 1881 and fifteen in 1891, with three houses at both earlier censuses. The table places Clifton in Tomregan parish and Loughtee Lower barony, within the Cavan part of Bawnboy Union. The totals record a changing population, but they do not establish whether the same families occupied the houses throughout those twenty years. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cavan
Civil parish
Tomregan
Coordinates
54.07986, -7.56394
Mapped area
0.33 km²
Logainm ID
3979 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

13People recorded
3Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Faris 7
  • Freehill 3
  • McCabe 2
  • McManes 1
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Clifton. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1901: County Cavan, printed p13 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, Dublin, 1902
  3. 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 2026-04-19. How this page was prepared.