placenames1901 census
276People recorded
67Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Spence 17
- McGowan 14
- Thompson 13
- Harrison 12
- Pettigrew 11
Mealough
Mealough is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationMealough54.52033° N · 5.90530° 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
- Mealough · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Upper
- Civil parish
- Drumbo
- Coordinates
- 54.52033, -5.90530
- Mapped area
- 3.38 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66156 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
260People recorded
66Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Harrison 13
- Magowan 13
- Stevenson 13
- McCann 12
- Spence 12
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Mealough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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.