placenames1901 census
10People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1901 records ↗Castletown
Baile an Chaisleáin
The original sources distinguish this townland from neighbouring Castlepaliser.
Recorded locationCastletown52.18723° N · 6.37445° 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
- Baile an Chaisleáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Castletown · English · main form
Place & story
Castletown in 1837
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Carne parish identifies Castletown near the parish centre, about a quarter of a mile west of the main road. He describes it as the former mansion of the Palliser family. His separate reference to Castle Palliser should not be treated as another name for the same property. [2]
Three residents in 1911
The 1911 census places Castletown in Carn parish, Forth barony and Lady’s Island electoral division. Its three inhabitants, one male and two female, occupied one of two houses; the other house was empty. The comparative columns give twenty-four inhabitants in four houses in 1891 and ten inhabitants in two houses in 1901. Castlepaliser appears immediately above Castletown as a separate townland. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Wexford
- Barony
- Forth
- Civil parish
- Carn
- Within
- Lady's Island
- Coordinates
- 52.18723, -6.37445
- Mapped area
- 0.48 km²
- Logainm ID
- 54196 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
3People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Murphy 3
1926 census
2People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Devereux 2
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Carne: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland1837 · Samuel Lewis; historical text hosted by Library Ireland
- Census of Ireland1911: County Wexford, printed p54 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- View towards Carnsore Point wind farm from near Castletown, County Wexford illustration: based on a Wind Farm View by Mary and Angus Hogg. 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.