placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Curry
An Choraidh
The Sligo townland appears in Achonry East electoral division, within Leyny barony.
Recorded locationCurry53.99637° N · 8.76431° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- An Choraidh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Curry · English · main form
Place & story
The Achonry East return
Curry had 304 inhabitants in 1911, equally divided between 152 males and 152 females. Sixty-two of its sixty-eight houses were inhabited and six were empty. The comparison columns record 341 inhabitants in 1891 and 339 in 1901. The townland was listed in Achonry parish, within the Aclare dispensary district and Tobercurry Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 957 acres, one rood and twenty-four perches. [2]
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
304People recorded
63Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McGuinn 41
- Henry 23
- Duffy 16
- Kilroy 16
- Gilligan 14
1926 census
243People recorded
58Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Henry 22
- McGuinn 17
- Kilroy 14
- Duffy 13
- Gilmore 13
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Curry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Sligo, Table VII, printed page 32 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, Limited, 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.