placenames1901 census
52People recorded
12Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Logan 13
- Cowan 7
- McNally 7
- Wilson 7
- Hunter 4
Burnside
The 1901 census divides Burnside’s population between its small town and the surrounding townland.
Recorded locationBurnside54.76513° N · 6.05333° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Burnside · English · main form
Place & story
The rural return
The original 1901 census lists Burnside under Kilbride electoral division and parish, in Antrim Upper barony. Its rural townland row records fifty-two people, twenty-four male and twenty-eight female, in twelve inhabited houses. The corresponding 1891 return had forty-four residents and nine houses. These rural figures exclude the separately tabulated town population. [2]
The small town within the townland
A separate Burnside town row records ninety-three people in 1901, with twenty-four inhabited houses and ten uninhabited. The census footnote states that the town stood on the townland of the same name and occupied an estimated eight acres; its area and valuation were included in the townland totals. Keeping the two population rows distinct prevents the rural figure of fifty-two being mistaken for the whole locality. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Antrim Upper
- Civil parish
- Kilbride
- Coordinates
- 54.76513, -6.05333
- Mapped area
- 0.56 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61525 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
54People recorded
13Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McNally 13
- Hunter 8
- Wilson 7
- Andrews 4
- Nevin 4
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Burnside. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Antrim, printed pp10–11 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, 1902
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Kilbride Presbyterian Church on Moyra Road, Burnside, County Antrim illustration: based on a Kilbride Presbyterian Church by Puffer. 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.