placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Castlewellan
Caisleán Uidhilín
The 1926 census explicitly includes the town within the townland figures.
Recorded locationCastlewellan54.25655° N · 5.95285° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
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Recorded forms
- Caisleán Uidhilín · Irish · main form
- Castlewellan · English · main form
Place & story
Two census geographies
Castlewellan townland had 981 inhabitants in 1926,474 male and 507 female. Its 228 houses included 221 occupied and seven empty. The same table gives 999 inhabitants and 235 houses for 1911. A footnote explains that Castlewellan town stood within this townland and was included in its area and totals. [2]
The separately listed town
The town itself had 878 inhabitants in 1926, compared with 819 in 1911. Its 1926 housing return comprised 202 houses,195 occupied and seven empty. These settlement figures are part of the townland totals rather than an additional population. The distinction matters when comparing accounts of Castlewellan town with returns for its surrounding townland. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
- Civil parish
- Kilmegan
- Coordinates
- 54.25655, -5.95285
- Mapped area
- 2.59 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66580 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
180People recorded
42Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Burns 16
- King 13
- Jennings 10
- Sawey 9
- Toner 8
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Castlewellan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Northern Ireland 1926: County Down, Table 3, printed p 11 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office, Belfast, on behalf of the Government of Northern Ireland, 1928
- 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 2025-02-10. How this page was prepared.