Townland

Pottle Lower

An Poitéal Íochtarach

Pottle Lower is a townland in Cavan. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationPottle Lower53.92837° N · 6.95246° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

poitéalPoitéal refers to a measure of land and appears to be a borrowing from English 'pottle'. (Note the meaning 'A measure of two quarts' in Cheshire; cf. 'a measure of land equivalent to twelve acres' OED.)

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 Poitéal Íochtarach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
Pottle Lower · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Townland
County: Cavan
Barony: Clankee
Civil parish: Bailieborough
Coordinates: 53.92837, -6.95246
Mapped area: 0.99 km²
Logainm ID: 3651 ↗

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.

1911 census

27People recorded

7Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

Curran 6
McCartney 6
Fisher 4
Branyan 3
McClerey 3

Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

24People recorded

6Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

Curren 4
Fisher 4
McCartney 4
Rountree 4
Curran 3

Explore the 1926 records ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Pottle Lower. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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 2025-01-30. How this page was prepared.