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Newtown

An Baile Nua

A Bantry house appears in nineteenth-century estate and residence records.

Watercolour and fine ink view over a hedge and slate roof towards a wooded tidal river, exposed shore and distant low blue hills.
Illustration, the Mealagh River near Newtown and Bantry, County Cork, as photographed in May 2018
Recorded locationNewtown51.68904° N · 9.44374° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadnuanew

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

  • An Baile Nua · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Newtown · English · main form

Place & story

Newtown House

The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database identifies Newtown House in this Kilmocomoge townland. Its account associates the house with M. Murphy in Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description. By 1852 the Earl of Kenmare’s estate held the property directly, with a recorded valuation of £8 5s. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Bantry
Civil parish
Kilmocomoge
Coordinates
51.68904, -9.44374
Mapped area
1.35 km²
Logainm ID
8411 ↗

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.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Newtown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Newtown (Bantry), property3755 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. The Mealagh River near Newtown and Bantry, County Cork illustration: based on a Mealagh River by Mick Garratt. 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.