placenames1901 census
175People recorded
45Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Breen 17
- Fitzsimons 16
- McKeating 14
- Sharvin 11
- Hanna 9
Kilclief
Cill Chléithe
Kilclief is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationKilclief54.33300° N · 5.54432° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Cill Chléithe · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Kilclief · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Lecale Lower
- Civil parish
- Kilclief
- Coordinates
- 54.33300, -5.54432
- Mapped area
- 2.63 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66870 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
163People recorded
40Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Breen 20
- Fitzsimons 14
- McKeating 12
- Hanna 11
- McCann 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 — Kilclief. 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.