placenames1901 census
50People recorded
7Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Allen 10
- Metge 9
- Talbot 7
- Berminghan 6
- Curley 5
Creggan Upper
The original census identifies Creggan Upper in Saint Mary’s parish and Tubbrit electoral division.
Recorded locationCreggan Upper53.40701° N · 7.88469° 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
- Creggan Upper · English · main form
Place & story
People and houses beside Creggan Lower
The 1911 census recorded forty-eight inhabitants in Creggan Upper, fifteen male and thirty-three female. All ten houses were occupied. The population had been fifty-nine in 1891 and fifty in 1901, with eleven and seven houses respectively. Listed separately from Creggan Lower, the townland belonged to Saint Mary’s parish in Brawny barony, within Tubbrit electoral division and Athlone Union. Its area was recorded as 247 acres and two roods. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Brawny
- Civil parish
- Saint Mary's
- Coordinates
- 53.40701, -7.88469
- Mapped area
- 0.99 km²
- Logainm ID
- 50992 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
48People recorded
10Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Allen 7
- Bannon 6
- Byrne 6
- Talbot 5
- Birmingham 4
1926 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Creggan Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Westmeath, printed p 7 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Athlone Printing Works, 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 2007-11-30. How this page was prepared.