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Curraghduff

An Chorr Dhubh

The original census distinguishes this small Waterford townland from Curraghduff in Rathgormuck parish.

Recorded locationCurraghduff52.31153° N · 7.42603° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

corrround hill, pointed hill, hollow; pointed, conspicuous, odddubhblack

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 Chorr Dhubh · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Curraghduff · English · main form

Place & story

People and buildings in Mothel

Curraghduff had thirty-eight inhabitants in 1911, twenty-one male and seventeen female. Five houses were occupied and one was empty. Its population had been thirty in 1891 and twenty-seven in 1901, with six and five houses respectively. The table places this Curraghduff in Mothel parish and electoral division, Upperthird barony and Carrick-on-Suir Union. Its area was recorded as 393 acres, three roods and thirteen perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Waterford
Barony
Glenahiry
Civil parish
Mothel
Within
Mothel
Coordinates
52.31153, -7.42603
Mapped area
1.59 km²
Logainm ID
49128 ↗

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 — Curraghduff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: County and City of Waterford, printed p8 · 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.