placenames1901 census
651People recorded
149Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Thompson 25
- Russell 22
- Simpson 22
- Kernohan 21
- McKendry 21
Cullybackey
Coill na Baice
The 1901 census separates Cullybackey town from the surrounding part of its namesake townland.
Recorded locationCullybackey54.88582° N · 6.34893° 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
- Coill na Baice · Irish · main form
- Cullybackey · English · main form
Place & story
The rural part of the townland
Cullybackey’s rural return recorded 181 inhabitants in 1901, ninety-six male and eighty-five female. Forty-two houses were occupied and one was empty. This population had been 237 in 1881 and 202 in 1891. The table places the townland in Craigs parish, Lower Toome barony and Galgorm electoral division, and records 531 acres, one rood and sixteen perches. [2]
Factory employment and town growth
The town was counted separately: its population rose from 233 in 1891 to 476 in 1901. A footnote attributed that increase to greater employment in a factory. The town contained 107 occupied houses and eight empty houses in 1901. It stood entirely on Cullybackey townland, whose area and valuation included its estimated thirteen acres. The factory explanation concerns the town’s growth, rather than the decline in the separate rural return. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Toome Lower
- Civil parish
- Craigs
- Coordinates
- 54.88582, -6.34893
- Mapped area
- 2.12 km²
- Logainm ID
- 62935 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
154People recorded
35Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Duncan 11
- McKendry 11
- Loughridge 10
- Thompson 10
- Duff 9
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Cullybackey. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland1901: County Antrim, printed pp27–28 · 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.
- Bridge over the River Maine at Cullybackey, County Antrim illustration: based on a Bridge, Cullybackey by Rossographer. 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.