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Edmondstown

Baile Éamainn

Road accounts and census tables give Edmondstown a documented nineteenth-century history. St Malachy's at neighbouring Reaghstown is another landmark associated with the locality.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Saint Malachy’s Church, Reaghstown, near Edmondstown, as photographed in 2010.
Illustration, Saint Malachy’s Church, Reaghstown, near Edmondstown, as photographed in 2010
Recorded locationEdmondstown53.90535° N · 6.61525° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

bailetownland, town, homestead

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 Éamainn · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Edmondstown · English · main form

Place & story

Repairing the road to Dundalk

The Louth Grand Jury query book for the 1832–1834 assizes records a proposed road repair between Philip Breen's house in Edmondstown and Reaghstown crossroads. The entry names J. Wildman and J. Mooney and describes the route as the road from Kingscourt to Dundalk. It specifies twenty perches of repair, a road twenty-one feet wide and a fourteen-foot gravelled width. The house and crossroads served as recognisable endpoints in the county's system of public works. [2]

Households at the turn of the century

The 1901 census report lists Edmondstown townland in Philipstown parish and Clonkeen electoral division. It records 87 people, comprising 49 males and 38 females, in nineteen inhabited houses, with one further house uninhabited. The corresponding population figures were 132 in 1881 and 111 in 1891. These figures describe the townland as a whole and show a decline over those two decades; they do not establish its causes. [3]

St Malachy’s at Reaghstown

The architectural inventory identifies St Malachy's Catholic church in neighbouring Reaghstown as a focal point for Edmondstown. Built around 1830, it was remodelled in 1867 and 1922. The later work includes carved stone finials, a bellcote and pinnacles associated with W. H. Byrne. The interior retains a north gallery and stained glass, including work by Miles Kearney and Son. Decorative iron gates and railings complete the church's roadside setting. [4]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Louth
Barony
Ardee
Civil parish
Philipstown
Coordinates
53.90535, -6.61525 (approximate)
Logainm ID
1414210 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Edmondstown. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Louth Grand Jury query book, Spring and Summer assizes1832–1834 · Louth County Archives
  3. Census of Ireland1901, County Louth, townland tables · Census Commissioners, historical report hosted by Central Statistics Office
  4. St Malachy’s Catholic Church, Reaghstown, NIAH13901302 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  5. Saint Malachy’s Church, Reaghstown, near Edmondstown, as photographed in 2010 illustration: based on a Church at Reaghstown, Co. Louth by Kieran Campbell. 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 2012-01-26. How this page was prepared.