placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Cross
An Chrois
This inland Clare townland contains the ruins of Kilkeedy church, overlooking Muckanagh Lough.
Recorded locationCross52.99948° N · 8.93655° 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 Chrois · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Cross · English · main form
Place & story
Kilkeedy church
The National Monuments Service records Kilkeedy church within a graveyard and larger ecclesiastical enclosure at Cross. The ruin stands on a rocky rise above Muckanagh Lough. Its main chamber measures about seventeen by six metres internally; an adjoining two-storey sacristy or priest’s house connects through a doorway in the north wall. The western church wall survives only at footing level. [2]
The 1901 return
Cross had thirty-five inhabitants in 1901, nineteen male and sixteen female, in six occupied houses. Its population had also been thirty-five in 1881, rising to thirty-nine in 1891. The original table places it in Kilkeedy parish, Inchiquin barony and Muckanagh electoral division, and records an area of 111 acres, two roods and twenty-three perches. [3]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
27People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Conroy 10
- Hawes 7
- Nugent 4
- OGrady 4
- Forbes 1
1926 census
20People recorded
4Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Conroy 14
- O'Grady 3
- Hawes 2
- Forbes 1
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cross. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Kilkeedy church, Sites and Monuments Record CL011-022003-, uploaded23January2023 · Mary Tunney and Conn Herriott; National Monuments Service
- Census of Ireland1901: County Clare, printed p14 · Census Commissioners for Ireland, 1902
- 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 2021-07-05. How this page was prepared.