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Castletown

Baile an Chaisleáin

The 1901 census identifies this small Kinalea townland within Kinsale Union.

Recorded locationCastletown51.71007° N · 8.43491° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homesteadcaisleáncastle

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

  • Baile an Chaisleáin · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Castletown · English · main form

Place & story

Seventeen residents

Castletown had seventeen inhabitants in 1901, ten male and seven female. Three of its four houses were occupied and one was empty. Earlier columns list forty residents in 1881 and twenty-two in 1891, with five houses recorded at each census. The entry places Castletown within Kinure parish and electoral division, in Kinsale Union. Its recorded area was 102 acres and ten perches. The figures document population and housing changes without identifying their causes. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Barony
Kinalea
Civil parish
Kinure
Within
Kinure
Coordinates
51.71007, -8.43491
Mapped area
0.41 km²
Logainm ID
11117 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Castletown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1901: County and City of Cork, printed p92 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill & Company
  3. 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.