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Ballyea

Baile Aodha

An original census table locates this Ballyea in Redwood electoral division and records changing household accommodation.

Recorded locationBallyea53.13955° N · 8.06488° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

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

  • Baile Aodha · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ballyea · English · main form

Place & story

More people, fewer houses

The 1911 census counted sixty-eight people in Ballyea: thirty-five males and thirty-three females. Thirteen houses were recorded, twelve inhabited and one empty. The comparative columns give sixty-three people in seventeen houses in 1901, and sixty people in eighteen houses in 1891. Although the population increased while the number of houses fell, the table supplies no explanation for that change. It places the townland in Dorrha parish within Redwood electoral division, in the northern part of Birr Union. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Civil parish
Dorrha
Coordinates
53.13955, -8.06488
Mapped area
2.7 km²
Logainm ID
46059 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballyea. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Tipperary, page 8; published 1912 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom and Company, Limited
  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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.