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Townland

Elphin

Ail Finn

The 1911 census distinguishes six rural inhabitants from a town extending onto two townlands.

Recorded locationElphin53.84808° N · 8.19054° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

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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

  • Ail Finn · Irish · main form
  • Elphin · English · main form

Place & story

Two rural houses

The rural return for Elphin townland recorded six inhabitants in 1911, three male and three female, in two occupied houses. Its population had been eight in 1891 and nine in 1901, also in two houses. The table places it in Elphin parish, electoral division and dispensary district, within Roscommon barony and Strokestown Poor Law Union. The townland’s recorded area was 787 acres, one rood and thirty-one perches. [2]

A town spanning two townlands

Elphin town was returned separately, with 649 inhabitants in 1911, 335 male and 314 female, in 151 occupied houses and ten empty houses. A footnote states that the town stood on Abbeycartron and Elphin townlands. Its estimated fifty-six acres were included in their areas and valuations. The entire town population therefore cannot be assigned to Elphin townland alone. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Roscommon
Barony
Roscommon
Civil parish
Elphin
Coordinates
53.84808, -8.19054
Mapped area
3.18 km²
Logainm ID
44008 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Elphin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Roscommon, Table VII, printed page 48 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London; printed by The Athlone Printing Works Company Ltd, 1912
  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 2013-09-05. How this page was prepared.