Townland

Clogh

An Chloch

The published census table records eighty-nine residents in this Wexford townland.

Watercolour and fine ink view of two mature trees, a simple wire fence and cattle in green pasture west of Clogh, County Wexford.
Illustration, farmland west of Clogh, County Wexford
Recorded locationClogh52.63726° N · 6.34713° 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

  • An Chloch · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Clogh · English · main form

Place & story

Nineteen occupied houses

Clogh’s 1911 census row records eighty-nine inhabitants, forty-six male and forty-three female. All nineteen houses were occupied. The comparative columns give eighty-four residents in both 1891 and 1901, with house numbers changing from twenty-one to twenty-two and then nineteen. The table places Clogh in Liskinfere parish, Gorey Rural electoral division and Gorey Union. Its recorded area was 302 acres and thirty-eight perches. These are the figures in the published census report; no reason for the changes is supplied. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Wexford
Barony
Gorey
Civil parish
Liskinfere
Coordinates
52.63726, -6.34713
Mapped area
1.23 km²
Logainm ID
53066 ↗

People & family history

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

1926 census

71People recorded
15Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Morris 10
  • Doyle 7
  • Hopenstal 6
  • Tyrrell 6
  • Webster 6
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Clogh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: County Wexford, printed p30 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, Limited, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Farmland west of Clogh, County Wexford illustration: based on a Farmland west of Clogh by Simon Mortimer. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-03-19. How this page was prepared.