placenames1901 census
20People recorded
4Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Moore 9
- McConnell 3
- Wright 3
- Anderson 2
- Cary 1
Ballynoe
Excavation beside Donaghadee revealed traces of activity long before the modern settlement.
Recorded locationBallynoe54.64205° N · 5.55688° 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
- Ballynoe · English · main form
Place & story
Two troughs with different dates
Stuart Alexander’s 2023 excavation report describes a burnt mound spread at High Trees, in a development spanning Ballynoe and Donaghadee Town Parks. Beneath it lay a roughly circular trough dated to 2457–2204 BC. A nearby rectangular trough produced a later range, 1518–1427 BC. Two small pits were also excavated, but their dates remained unknown. The report documents separate features and date ranges; it does not establish an uninterrupted settlement between them. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Ards Lower
- Civil parish
- Donaghadee
- Coordinates
- 54.64205, -5.55688
- Mapped area
- 0.77 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65806 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballynoe. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 2023:642, Donaghadee: High Trees, Ballynoe and Town Parks, Phase 4 G & H, AE/2023/041 · Stuart Alexander, NAC Ltd.
- 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.