placenames1901 census
66People recorded
15Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Cunningham 11
- Molyneaux 10
- Burns 9
- Irvine 7
- Cunninghan 5
Ballygowan
The historic buildings survey traces changes to a mill and kiln in this Kilkeel parish townland.
Recorded locationBallygowan54.05932° N · 6.08572° 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
- Ballygowan · English · main form
Place & story
A mill altered over time
The Historic Buildings Record identifies a corn mill on the 1834 Ordnance Survey map. It belonged to Eliza McIlroy in 1838. By the 1861 valuation, when Hugh McElroy held it, the building had been raised and its grinding capacity doubled. A waterwheel drove two pairs of millstones. The survey treats the buildings as evidence of an evolving milling site, rather than a structure completed in one campaign. [2]
Reading the surviving fabric
The 1998 survey described the mill and a separate kiln west of Greencastle Road. The mill was built into a slope, appearing lower on its eastern side; a fragment of millstone served as a window lintel on the west. The record suggests corn milling continued after the First World War, without giving a definite closing year. It records the complex without statutory listing. [2]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
54People recorded
14Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Doyle 8
- Molynaux 6
- Cull 5
- Cunningham 5
- Lee 5
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Ballygowan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Historic Buildings Record HB16/05/023: Ballygowan Mill, survey 31 July 1998 · Department for Communities, Historic Environment Division
- 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.