placenames1901 census
127People recorded
32Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Stevenson 14
- Lamont 12
- McAuley 12
- Graham 11
- McDowell 11
Eden
This inland Eden belongs to The Vow electoral division and Kilconway barony.
Recorded locationEden55.03251° N · 6.55619° 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
- Eden · English · main form
Place & story
The townland census
Eden had 127 inhabitants in 1901, fifty-nine male and sixty-eight female. Thirty-two houses were occupied and three were empty. The population had been 180 in 1881 and 156 in 1891, with thirty-six and thirty-seven houses respectively. The table places Eden in Finvoy parish, Kilconway barony and The Vow electoral division, within Dirraw dispensary district and Ballymoney Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 695 acres, two roods and thirty-nine perches. [2]
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
122People recorded
27Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Lamont 15
- Stevenson 13
- McAuley 12
- McKinney 12
- Graham 11
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Eden. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1901: County Antrim, Table VII, printed page 41 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, Dublin, 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.