placenames1901 census
133People recorded
26Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gribbon 25
- McPolin 20
- Gribbin 19
- Murphy 8
- Rafferty 8
Ballykeel
Ballykeel is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationBallykeel54.21739° N · 6.07912° 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
- Ballykeel · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
- Civil parish
- Clonduff
- Coordinates
- 54.21739, -6.07912
- Mapped area
- 1.88 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66479 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
116People recorded
22Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Gribben 33
- McPolin 23
- Gribbon 18
- McAlinden 12
- Rafferty 7
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballykeel. 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.