placenames1901 census
52People recorded
10Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1901 records ↗Douglas
Dúglas
Buildings and burial-ground records reveal the working arrangements around Saint Luke’s churchyard.
Recorded locationDouglas51.87466° N · 8.42983° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Dúglas · Irish · main form · validated name
- Douglas · English · main form
Place & story
A school beside the church
The diocesan account of Saint Luke's National School traces schooling on its Churchyard Lane site to the eighteenth century. The school entered the national education system in 1880. Its present building dates from 1980, with an extension and upgrading in 2002. Standing beside the church and parish hall, it maintains an educational use across several generations of buildings rather than preserving a single unchanged schoolhouse. [2]
The sexton’s home
A house built in 1879 within the graveyard housed the sexton responsible for its care. The architectural survey records an L-shaped building with an attic, projecting gables and bay windows. Carved timber bargeboards, finials and brackets give it a different character from the stone church. Its adjoining outbuildings and position northeast of Saint Luke's preserve evidence of a resident caretaker's place within the burial-ground complex. [3]
Churchyard Lane divides the burials
The local heritage trail describes a substantial rearrangement of burial space during the 1870s. Earlier maps showed graves extending east and west of the old church, with a watch-house in the eastern section beyond Churchyard Lane. By the 1890s, maps showed separate cemeteries on either side of the road. Vestry minutes record part of the original ground passing to the Poor Law authorities, connecting the visible division with changes following Church of Ireland disestablishment. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Cork
- Civil parish
- Carrigaline
- Coordinates
- 51.87466, -8.42983 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 1.06 km²
- Logainm ID
- 9420 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
99People recorded
19Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Riordan 10
- Duff 8
- Foley 7
- Barrett 6
- Leahy 6
1926 census
92People recorded
18Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Beale 7
- Brady 7
- Callanan 7
- Cummins 7
- McElwee 7
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Douglas. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Luke’s National School, Douglas · United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross
- Former sexton’s house, record 20871042 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Heritage Trail: St Luke’s Church of Ireland Graveyard · Douglas Tidy Towns, research by Dr Aoife Bhreatnach
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.