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Ballytarsna

An Baile Tarsna

An original nineteenth-century census separates this small townland from other Tipperary places of the same name.

Recorded locationBallytarsna52.39805° N · 7.75470° 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

  • An Baile Tarsna · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Ballytarsna · English · main form

Place & story

One inhabited house in two censuses

The 1851 census lists Ballytarsna under Newchapel parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa East. It records fifteen residents in 1841, comprising nine males and six females, and twelve in 1851, equally divided between males and females. One inhabited house appears in each year. These figures concern the townland between Ballyhimikin and Ballyveelish North, rather than Ballytarsna (Hackett) near Cashel. The table alone does not explain the population change. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Civil parish
Newchapel
Coordinates
52.39805, -7.75470
Mapped area
0.42 km²
Logainm ID
48310 ↗

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 — Ballytarsna. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1851: County Tipperary, South Riding, page 315 · Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom, 1852
  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.