Townland

Kilcoursey

Cill Chuairsí

Kilcoursey is a townland in Offaly. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationKilcoursey53.34349° N · 7.59522° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Cill Chuairsí · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Kilcoursey · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Offaly
Civil parish
Kilbride
Coordinates
53.34349, -7.59522
Mapped area
1.59 km²
Logainm ID
41988 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

108People recorded
25Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Stones 16
  • Blackburn 8
  • Connaughton 8
  • Coyne 8
  • Flanagan 6
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1926 census

291People recorded
62Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Goodbody 15
  • Kennedy 15
  • Touhey 10
  • Day 9
  • Coyne 8
Explore the 1926 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Kilcoursey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 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 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.