placenames1901 census
32People recorded
8Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Mulligan 9
- Dunnican 6
- Gilligan 3
- Keegan 3
- Leavy 3
Dalystown
This Rathconrath townland is distinct from the Dalystown associated with Clonfad and the national school.
Recorded locationDalystown53.51908° N · 7.61159° 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
- Dalystown · English · main form
Place & story
The Ballymorin census entry
Dalystown had twenty-eight inhabitants in 1911, fifteen male and thirteen female, in seven occupied houses. Its population had been forty-three in 1891 and thirty-two in 1901; the house counts were ten and eight respectively. The report places it in Ballymorin parish and electoral division, within Rathconrath barony, Castletown Geoghegan dispensary district and Mullingar Poor Law Union. Its area was recorded as 354 acres, one rood and thirty-three perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Westmeath
- Barony
- Rathconrath
- Civil parish
- Ballymorin
- Within
- Ballymorin
- Coordinates
- 53.51908, -7.61159
- Mapped area
- 1.43 km²
- Logainm ID
- 51481 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
28People recorded
7Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Somers 8
- Brown 3
- Duncan 3
- Keegan 3
- Meares 3
1926 census
32People recorded
7Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Browne 6
- Somers 6
- Meare 5
- Bracken 4
- Ferguson 4
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dalystown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Westmeath, Table VII, printed page 28 · 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 2008-09-15. How this page was prepared.