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Graigue

An Ghráig

The census places this Graigue in Kilcash electoral division, separate from the other Tipperary namesakes.

Recorded locationGraigue52.39813° N · 7.56286° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

gráighamlet; cattle-steading?

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 Ghráig · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Graigue · English · main form

Place & story

Thirty-six inhabitants in 1911

Graigue had thirty-six inhabitants in 1911, seventeen male and nineteen female, in eight occupied houses. Its population had been fifty-nine in 1891 and forty-three in 1901, with ten and nine houses respectively. The townland covered 648 acres, three roods and thirty-nine perches. It belonged to Temple-etney parish, Iffa and Offa East barony and Kilcash electoral division, within Kilsheelan No. 1 dispensary district and the Tipperary portion of Clonmel Poor Law Union. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Civil parish
Temple-etney
Within
Kilcash
Coordinates
52.39813, -7.56286
Mapped area
2.62 km²
Logainm ID
48337 ↗

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 — Graigue. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Tipperary, Table VII, printed page 43 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
  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 2025-02-10. How this page was prepared.