placenames1901 census
7People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Keena 7
Ballinlough
This Bunown townland belongs to the Lough Ree area, well west of the Ballinlough Castle associated with Delvin.
Recorded locationBallinlough53.47098° N · 7.90331° 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
- Ballinlough · English · main form
Place & story
Two inhabited houses in 1911
The original 1911 census report identifies Ballinlough under Killinure electoral division, Bunown parish and Kilkenny West barony. It records thirteen residents, seven male and six female, in two inhabited houses. The same table gives seven residents in 1901 and four in 1891. These are figures for this particular townland, rather than the other Westmeath places called Ballinlough. [2]
A later use of the lakeshore
Tubberclare’s community development plan records smaller marinas being developed at Ballinlough and Muckanagh during the 2000s. Its account places them within the wider growth of tourism and hospitality around Glasson and Killinure. The marinas add a more recent waterside activity to the history of this small townland. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Kilkenny West
- Civil parish
- Bunown
- Within
- Killinure
- Coordinates
- 53.47098, -7.90331
- Mapped area
- 0.66 km²
- Logainm ID
- 50887 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
13People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Keena 10
- Naughten 2
- Cronnell 1
1926 census
8People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Keena 5
- Killion 3
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballinlough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Westmeath, page 9; published 1912 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company
- Tubberclare Community Development Plan: history of the area, page 27 · Tubberclare Local Action Group
- 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 2008-09-15. How this page was prepared.