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Curraheen

An Curraichín

The original 1911 return places this small townland in Nenagh Rural electoral division.

Recorded locationCurraheen52.85960° N · 8.14997° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • An Curraichín · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Curraheen · English · main form

Place & story

A single occupied house

Five people lived in Curraheen in 1911, one male and four female, in one occupied house. The original census also recorded one house in 1891 and 1901, when the populations were ten and seven respectively. This Curraheen belonged to Lisbunny parish, Ormond Upper barony and Nenagh Rural electoral division, within Nenagh Union. Its recorded area was 127 acres, three roods and three perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Civil parish
Lisbunny
Coordinates
52.85960, -8.14997
Mapped area
0.52 km²
Logainm ID
46651 ↗

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 — Curraheen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: County Tipperary, printed p49 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.