placenames1901 census
7People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Conway 4
- Carrigan 3
Curraheen
An Curraichín
This small Tipperary townland appears separately from the much larger neighbouring Curragh in the original census.
Recorded locationCurraheen52.27745° N · 7.83878° 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
The Ballybacon return
Curraheen had nine inhabitants in 1911, four male and five female, in two occupied houses. Its population had been eleven in 1891 and seven in 1901, with two houses in each year. The original table places the townland in Ballybacon parish and electoral division, Iffa and Offa West barony and Clogheen Union. Its recorded area was forty-six acres, three roods and nineteen perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Iffa and Offa West
- Civil parish
- Ballybacon
- Coordinates
- 52.27745, -7.83878
- Mapped area
- 0.19 km²
- Logainm ID
- 47956 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
9People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Conway 7
- Carrigan 2
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Curraheen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1911: County Tipperary, printed p33 · 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.