placenames1901 census
229People recorded
43Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Martin 58
- Mercer 29
- Creighton 12
- Elliott 12
- McMurray 10
Skeagh
An Sceach
Skeagh is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationSkeagh54.38406° N · 6.11494° 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
- An Sceach · Irish · main form
- Skeagh · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Lower, Lower Half
- Civil parish
- Dromore
- Coordinates
- 54.38406, -6.11494
- Mapped area
- 3.36 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66332 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
184People recorded
41Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Martin 36
- Mercer 23
- Gamble 11
- Creighton 10
- McNeill 10
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Skeagh. 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.