placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Firgrove
An Claí Fada
A geological survey records a seasonally flooded limestone hollow.
Recorded locationFirgrove52.98185° N · 8.21593° 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 Claí Fada · Irish · main form · validated name
- Firgrove · English · main form
Place & story
Three pools becoming one
Geological Survey Ireland’s 2019 report places Newchapel, also called Firgrove Turlough, in this townland. A lake at the northern end and two smaller southern pools join during flooding. The seasonal water reflects groundwater reaching the land surface. [2]
The census entry
The 1911 census lists Firgrove in Kilbarron parish and electoral division, Lower Ormond barony, Borrisokane dispensary district and Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 183 acres, three roods and twenty-three perches. The house and population cells are blank. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Ormond Lower
- Civil parish
- Kilbarron
- Coordinates
- 52.98185, -8.21593
- Mapped area
- 0.74 km²
- Logainm ID
- 45989 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
1People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Carroll 1
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Firgrove. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Newchapel Turlough, County Geological Site TY052, 2019 · Gallagher et al., Geological Survey Ireland
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Tipperary, Table VII, printed page 10 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 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.