placenames1901 census
287People recorded
65Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McCracken 21
- Poots 21
- Wilkinson 15
- Clarke 12
- Agnew 11
Magherabeg
Magherabeg is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationMagherabeg54.42901° N · 6.16645° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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
- Magherabeg · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Lower, Lower Half
- Civil parish
- Dromore
- Coordinates
- 54.42901, -6.16645
- Mapped area
- 3.52 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66330 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
227People recorded
61Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Poots 18
- Clarke 17
- McCracken 14
- Wilkinson 13
- Mulgrew 11
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Magherabeg. 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.