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Ballysheil

The original census records a rural townland beside Ardbrin and Shannaghan.

Watercolour and fine ink landscape of a golden field and silhouetted trees at the boundary of Ballysheil and Ardbrin in Annaclone parish.
Illustration, autumn field at the Ballysheil–Ardbrin boundary, County Down
Recorded locationBallysheil54.30166° N · 6.16057° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

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

  • Ballysheil · English · main form

Place & story

The Annaclone census entry

The 1901 census places Ballysheil in Annaclone parish and electoral division, within Banbridge Union. It records 102 residents: forty-three males and fifty-nine females. Of twenty-nine houses, twenty-six were inhabited and three were empty. The comparative columns show 158 residents in forty houses in 1881 and 140 residents in thirty-eight houses in 1891. These figures describe this County Down townland; the report does not attach a particular explanation to its population decline. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Down
Civil parish
Annaclone
Coordinates
54.30166, -6.16057
Mapped area
1.61 km²
Logainm ID
66626 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1911 census

94People recorded
25Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Burns 13
  • McNeill 11
  • McAleenan 7
  • McAvoy 7
  • McMullan 7
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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 — Ballysheil. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Down, Table VII, page 13 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company, 1902
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Autumn field at the Ballysheil–Ardbrin boundary, County Down illustration: based on a Autumn evening in Ardbrin by Ciaran Mac Murchaidh. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.