Townland

Ballyskeagh

Baile Sceach

Ballyskeagh is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBallyskeagh0.00000° N · 0.00000° EInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Baile Sceach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Ballyskeagh · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Down
Civil parish
Lambeg
Coordinates
0.00000, 0.00000
Mapped area
1.47 km²
Logainm ID
66198 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

280People recorded
65Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Gilmore 21
  • Neill 14
  • Bunting 12
  • Bustard 10
  • Millar 10
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Ballyskeagh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2009-01-27. How this page was prepared.