Townland

Gresteel Beg

Glas-stiall Bheag

Gresteel Beg is a townland in Derry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationGresteel Beg55.03178° N · 7.12318° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Glas-stiall Bheag · Irish · main form
  • Gresteel Beg · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Barony
Tirkeeran
Civil parish
Faughanvale
Coordinates
55.03178, -7.12318
Mapped area
1.58 km²
Logainm ID
58884 ↗

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

40People recorded
9Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Ross 8
  • OHara 7
  • Gillespie 5
  • Murray 4
  • Guthrie 3
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Gresteel Beg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2022-08-19. How this page was prepared.