Townland

Farrow

The Westmeath townland’s original census return identifies it within Ballinalack electoral division.

Recorded locationFarrow53.60648° N · 7.46374° 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

  • Farrow · English · main form

Place & story

Six inhabitants in 1911

Farrow had six inhabitants in 1911, four male and two female, in two occupied houses. Its population had been twelve in 1891 and nine in 1901, with four and two houses respectively. The table places the townland in Leny parish, Corkaree barony and Ballinalack electoral division, within Multyfarnham dispensary district and Mullingar Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 413 acres and three perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Leny
Coordinates
53.60648, -7.46374
Mapped area
1.64 km²
Logainm ID
51463 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Farrow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Westmeath, Table VII, printed page 39 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 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 2007-11-30. How this page was prepared.