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Catherinestown

Primary survey records document an earthwork and the townland’s early twentieth-century population.

Recorded locationCatherinestown53.48828° N · 7.30341° 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

  • Catherinestown · English · main form

Place & story

A ringfort with hut sites

Caimin O’Brien’s archaeological record, uploaded in 2018, describes a ringfort on a low rise in marshy ground at Catherinestown. Its outline differs between the 1838 and 1911 Ordnance Survey maps. The record suggests that a later field boundary modified the enclosure’s shape. It notes low bank remains, an outer ditch and the grass-covered wall footings of two hut sites in the interior. [2]

The 1911 return

The 1911 census counted sixty-one residents, thirty-two male and twenty-nine female. Fifteen houses were occupied and three stood empty. The comparative populations were sixty-nine in 1891 and forty-five in 1901. The table places Catherinestown in Lynn parish and Fartullagh barony, within Russellstown electoral division of Mullingar Union. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Civil parish
Lynn
Coordinates
53.48828, -7.30341
Mapped area
2.7 km²
Logainm ID
52010 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Catherinestown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Sites and Monuments Record WM026-032: Catherinestown ringfort · Caimin O’Brien, Archaeological Survey of Ireland, National Monuments Service; uploaded23January2018
  3. Census of Ireland1911: County Westmeath, printed p35 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
  4. 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.