placenames1901 census
373People recorded
100Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1901 records ↗Ballygawley
Baile Uí Dhálaigh
Lewis’s 1837 account describes the Tyrone market town, distinct from the Sligo namesake.
Recorded locationBallygawley54.46264° N · 7.02952° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- Baile Uí Dhálaigh · Irish · main form
- Ballygawley · English · main form
Place & story
Making and trading
Samuel Lewis described Ballygawley in 1837 as a town of three streets and a market-place on the Dublin–Londonderry mail-coach road. Alongside its brewery and malt-whiskey distillery was a small glove-making industry. He praised the gloves’ materials and workmanship, preserving evidence of a craft that accompanied the town’s better-known agricultural trade. [2]
Market days and neighbouring estates
The weekly market took place on Fridays, with linen cloth offered in quantity every other week. Monthly fairs, held on the second Friday, chiefly traded cattle, sheep and pigs. Lewis placed Sir Hugh Stewart’s Ballygawley House about two miles from the town. These details concern the historical town and its surroundings; the mansion is not thereby located inside this townland. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Clogher
- Civil parish
- Errigal Keerogue
- Coordinates
- 54.46264, -7.02952
- Mapped area
- 0.51 km²
- Logainm ID
- 63459 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
12People recorded
4Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Laughran 3
- ODonnell 3
- Dobson 2
- McFarland 2
- Little 1
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballygawley. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837: Ballygawley, County Tyrone · Samuel Lewis
- 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.