Townland

Graigue

Na Grága

The census identifies this Graigue in Eliogarty barony, separate from the other Tipperary namesakes.

Recorded locationGraigue52.76677° N · 7.86893° 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

  • Na Grága · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Graigue · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-eight inhabitants in 1911

Graigue had twenty-eight inhabitants in 1911, fifteen male and thirteen female, in six occupied houses. Its population had been eighteen in 1891 and twenty-four in 1901, with three and five houses respectively. The townland covered 222 acres and sixteen perches. It belonged to Drom parish and electoral division, Eliogarty barony and Templemore dispensary district, within Thurles Poor Law Union. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Barony
Eliogarty
Civil parish
Drom
Coordinates
52.76677, -7.86893
Mapped area
0.9 km²
Logainm ID
46969 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

28People recorded
6Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Fogarty 6
  • Roe 6
  • Brien 4
  • Woods 4
  • Cawley 3
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1926 census

36People recorded
6Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Brien 9
  • Woods 9
  • Roe 8
  • Fogarty 3
  • Meagher 3
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Graigue. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Tipperary, Table VII, printed page 72 · 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.