Townland

Ballyholland Upper

Ballyholland Upper is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBallyholland Upper54.16053° N · 6.29866° 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

  • Ballyholland Upper · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Down
Civil parish
Newry
Coordinates
54.16053, -6.29866
Mapped area
1.49 km²
Logainm ID
67061 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

183People recorded
35Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • McAteer 95
  • Smyth 15
  • Keenan 9
  • O'Hare 9
  • McShane 7
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1911 census

172People recorded
36Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • McAteer 81
  • Keenan 16
  • O Hare 9
  • Smyth 8
  • Ferris 6
Explore the 1911 records ↗

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 — Ballyholland Upper. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 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.