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Townland

Enniskerry

Áth na Sceire

The 1911 census places the town across four townlands, distinguishing the settlement from its small namesake.

Recorded locationEnniskerry53.19314° N · 6.16836° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

áthford

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

  • Áth na Sceire · Irish · main form
  • Enniskerry · English · main form

Place & story

Four townlands beneath the town

Enniskerry town had 221 inhabitants in 1911, 101 male and 120 female, in forty-nine occupied houses and four empty houses. The census states that it stood on Cookstown, Enniskerry, Kilgarran and Knocksink townlands, with an estimated area of thirty-six acres. Enniskerry townland itself was listed as five acres, two roods and four perches in Powerscourt parish and Enniskerry electoral division. Its separate population cells were blank; the town total covers all four townlands. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Wicklow
Barony
Rathdown
Civil parish
Powerscourt
Coordinates
53.19314, -6.16836
Mapped area
0.02 km²
Logainm ID
55052 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1911 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Enniskerry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Wicklow, Table VII, printed pages 17–18 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London; printed by The Athlone Printing Works Company Ltd, 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 2018-12-11. How this page was prepared.