placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Bellahy
Béal Lathaí
Original accounts distinguish the Sligo settlement beside Charlestown from its surrounding townland population.
Recorded locationBellahy53.97039° N · 8.79045° 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
- Béal Lathaí · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Bellahy · English · main form
Place & story
A Wednesday market in 1837
Samuel Lewis described Bellaghy in Achonry parish as a village of thirty-four houses and 170 inhabitants in 1837. It had a Wednesday provisions market, a monthly fair and a market house in the village centre. A constabulary station was also recorded. This describes the Sligo settlement before the development of neighbouring Charlestown across the Mayo boundary. [2]
Two separate census entries
The 1911 Sligo report separates Bellahy town from the rural remainder of the townland. The town had 170 residents and fifty-four houses, of which forty-six were inhabited and eight empty. The rural entry had thirteen residents, six males and seven females, in two inhabited houses. A footnote places the town within the same townland and estimates its area at eighteen acres. The rural figure alone therefore does not represent the whole settlement. [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
13People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Towey 11
- Frain 1
- Kilroy 1
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Bellahy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Bellaghy, a village: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Sligo, Table VII, 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.