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Castletown

Baile an Chaisleáin

The original Wexford census records five inhabitants here in 1911.

Recorded locationCastletown52.22734° N · 6.56456° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadcaisleáncastle

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

  • Baile an Chaisleáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Castletown · English · main form

Place & story

A small townland return

Castletown’s 1911 census row records five inhabitants, three male and two female, in one inhabited house. The comparative columns show five residents in 1891 and four in 1901, with one house at each census. Its area was listed as ninety-two acres, one rood and twenty-five perches. The table places this Castletown in Kilmore electoral division within Wexford Union. These figures describe the townland return and do not establish that the same household occupied the house throughout the period. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Wexford
Barony
Bargy
Civil parish
Kilmore
Within
Kilmore
Coordinates
52.22734, -6.56456
Mapped area
0.38 km²
Logainm ID
54073 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

5People recorded
1Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Whyte 4
  • O Neil 1
Explore the 1911 records ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: County Wexford, printed p49 · 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.