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Whitewell

Kilbride’s old church survives within a graveyard in Whitewell townland.

Recorded locationWhitewell53.44216° N · 7.32766° 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

  • Whitewell · English · main form

Place & story

Walls recorded in 1980

The ruins of Kilbride church stand within a roughly rectangular graveyard in Whitewell, on land associated with Dunboden Park. A 1980 inspection recorded the north and south walls and western gable still standing. Ivy obscured much of the masonry, preventing detailed examination, but a narrow window remained visible in the western gable. The National Monuments Service preserves these dated observations without establishing the church’s construction date. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Civil parish
Kilbride
Coordinates
53.44216, -7.32766
Mapped area
1.63 km²
Logainm ID
51545 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

36People recorded
8Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Leogue 7
  • ONeill 6
  • Bradburn 5
  • Farrelly 5
  • Gavin 5
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Whitewell. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Kilbride church, Whitewell, WM033-008, uploaded2July2013 · Caimin O’Brien, National Monuments Service
  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 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.