placenames1901 census
189People recorded
47Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fagan 12
- Masterson 9
- Patton 9
- Farrell 6
- Fegan 6
Collinstown
Baile na gCailleach
Collinstown’s archives and school buildings preserve the roles of estate patrons, parish fundraising and named teachers in the townland’s development.
Recorded locationCollinstown53.65340° N · 7.20695° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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
- Baile na gCailleach · Irish · main form
- Collinstown · English · main form
Place & story
A market recorded in estate papers
The Smythe of Barbavilla archive contains letters patent authorising William Smyth to hold fairs and markets at Collinstown in 1749. The National Library’s catalogue also identifies later documents concerning a perpetual curacy and William Barlow Smythe’s endowment. These records connect the townland’s commercial and religious institutions with the neighbouring estate’s administration. [2]
The Conways and the parish school
Collinstown’s community school history dates the opening of its male and female national schools beside the church to 9 May 1854. Parishioners raised the building funds. Garrett and Elisa Conway, a married teaching couple previously at Kilbride National School in County Meath, taught there; the account gives average daily attendance as between ninety and a hundred children. [3]
An inscription from another school
The separate Old School House carries an inscription dating Collinstown Schools to 1857. Its carved doorway names Smythe as benefactor, complementing the architectural inventory’s account of funding from the Barbavilla family. The inventory suggests that part of this substantial building originally accommodated the schoolmaster, joining education and residence within one plan. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Fore
- Civil parish
- Saint Feighin's
- Coordinates
- 53.65340, -7.20695
- Mapped area
- 2.74 km²
- Logainm ID
- 51296 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
175People recorded
45Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Fagan 18
- Somers 8
- Dunleavey 7
- Masterson 7
- Flanagan 6
1926 census
148People recorded
38Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Daly 22
- Fagan 15
- Masterson 12
- Warrington 11
- Ivory 10
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Collinstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Smythe of Barbavilla Papers: XI, Formal documents and Westmeath local government, MS 41573 · National Library of Ireland
- History of Schools in our Parish · Collinstown community local-history project
- The Old School House, record 15400809 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 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 2020-08-07. How this page was prepared.