Ardmore 1926

Ardmore & Grange · 1926 Census

The 1926 Census of Ireland offers a detailed snapshot of everyday life in Ardmore and Grange, County Waterford, during the early years of the Irish Free State. This site brings those census returns together as a browsable local history resource covering households, surnames, Irish-language use, and townland-level patterns.

Use the overview below to move through the Ardmore area town by town, or jump straight to searchable household listings, name data, statistics, and the interactive census map.

Explore: Households, Names & Origins, Statistics, Map, About the project, and the companion blog post.

Key Findings

The returns gathered here cover 1,146 people living in 277 households across 46 townlands in the Ardmore and Grange area. For a fuller statistical breakdown, see the statistics page, or go straight to the household listings.

Across the area as a whole, 51% of residents with a recorded language entry were listed as speaking some Irish in 1926. Among the largest townlands, Curragh and Monea stand out for relatively strong Irish-language rates alongside substantial populations.

The biggest recorded townlands by population were Ardmore with 180 people, Curragh with 155, and Ballinamona with 64. Those larger places are a good starting point if you want to compare the census across the district townland by townland.

Townlands

Addrigoole Eadarghabháil 10 people · 3 households
50% speak Irish Ardmore Aird Mhór height; high, great, big 180 people · 50 households
32.8% speak Irish Ardocheasty Ard Ó Séasta height; high 4 people · 1 households
25% speak Irish Ardogina Ard Ó gCinneá height; high 41 people · 13 households
73.2% speak Irish Ballinamertina 32 people · 7 households
68.8% speak Irish Ballinamona Baile na Móna townland, town, homestead, bogland 64 people · 13 households
48.4% speak Irish Ballybrusa East Baile an Bhrúsaigh townland, town, homestead 3 people · 1 households
100% speak Irish Ballybrusa or Brucetown Baile an Bhrúsaigh townland, town, homestead 13 people · 3 households
46.2% speak Irish Ballybrusa West Baile an Bhrúsaigh townland, town, homestead 41 people · 8 households
63.4% speak Irish Ballyeelinan Baile Uí Oileannáin townland, town, homestead 13 people · 4 households
61.5% speak Irish Ballylane Baile Uí Léin townland, town, homestead 11 people · 3 households
45.5% speak Irish Ballynagleragh Baile na gCléireach townland, town, homestead 4 people · 2 households
50% speak Irish Ballyquin Baile Uí Chuinn townland, town, homestead 39 people · 9 households
53.8% speak Irish Bawnacommera Bán an Chamra white; lea-ground, grassy 11 people · 2 households
18.2% speak Irish Bawnagarrane Bán an Gharráin white; lea-ground, grassy, grove 15 people · 3 households
73.3% speak Irish Bawnard An Bán Ard height; high, white; lea-ground, grassy 13 people · 2 households
61.5% speak Irish Boherboy An Bóthar Buí road, yellow 29 people · 7 households
51.7% speak Irish Cappagh An Cheapaigh plot of land, tillage plot 4 people · 2 households
50% speak Irish Clashanahy Clais Anfa trench, ravine 20 people · 5 households
35% speak Irish Crossford Áth na Croise ford, cross; crossroads 13 people · 3 households
76.9% speak Irish Crushea Crois Aodha cross; crossroads 18 people · 4 households
94.4% speak Irish Curragh An Currach marsh 155 people · 39 households
54.2% speak Irish Cush of Grange Cois na Gráinsí foot; beside, grange, monastic farm 29 people · 6 households
51.7% speak Irish Duffcarrick An Dubhcharraig 10 people · 3 households
40% speak Irish Dysert An Díseart hermitage 28 people · 6 households
35.7% speak Irish Farrangarret Fearann Ghearóid land 2 people · 1 households
0% speak Irish Glenwilliam Gleann Uilliam glen 5 people · 1 households
80% speak Irish Grallagh An Ghreallach 11 people · 2 households
100% speak Irish Grange An Ghráinsigh grange, monastic farm 27 people · 4 households
33.3% speak Irish Kilknockan Cill Chnocáin church, hillock 9 people · 1 households
33.3% speak Irish Knockanagown Cnocán na gCeann head, headland, hillock 14 people · 3 households
35.7% speak Irish Knockmeelmore Cnoc na Maoile Móire hill, bare, flat-topped; derelict; bare, flat-topped hillock, great, big 25 people · 7 households
68% speak Irish Knocknastooka Cnoc na Stuaice hill 4 people · 1 households
100% speak Irish Liskeelty Lios Caoilte ring-fort, enclosure 10 people · 4 households
80% speak Irish Lissaniska Lios an Uisce ring-fort, enclosure, water 17 people · 2 households
70.6% speak Irish Lissarow Lios an Rabhaidh ring-fort, enclosure 42 people · 13 households
45.2% speak Irish Listigue Lios Taidhg ring-fort, enclosure 24 people · 4 households
58.3% speak Irish Moanballyshivone Móin Bhaile Shiobháin townland, town, homestead, bogland 11 people · 2 households
45.5% speak Irish Monea Móin Aodha bogland 42 people · 11 households
61.9% speak Irish Newtown An Baile Nua townland, town, homestead, new 11 people · 3 households
36.4% speak Irish Pewtown Ceathrú an Teampaill quarterland, church 22 people · 4 households
63.6% speak Irish Prap An Phraip 9 people · 1 households
11.1% speak Irish Rodeen An Róidín 13 people · 2 households
53.8% speak Irish Shambally An Seanbhaile townland, town, homestead, old 10 people · 2 households
50% speak Irish Tinalyra Tigh na Laidhre house 28 people · 8 households
64.3% speak Irish Tonteeheigue Tóin Tí Thaidhg house, bottom(-land) 10 people · 2 households
30% speak Irish

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