Jamestown

98 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Jamestown, from 34 m² to 81,185 m² (8.12 ha, 20.06 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 16 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• O2General
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 37 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G5Open Space & Amenity (Mixed/general 'green'/recreation/conservation, other)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S5Social & Community (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• O2Utilities (General)
  Leitrim County Development Plan 2023-2029, Leitrim · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 7 May 2025Conditional

  (1). construction of a Lean-To extension to the rear of the existing factory to facilitate an additional storage and washdown area. (2).The installation of a new fire escape door to the existing southern elevation together with all ancillary site works

  Permission · Leitrim County Council, 2560108

• 21 May 2024Conditional

  (1) the erection of a new single storey dwelling, (2) new detached garage, (3) new vehicular entrance, with piers & gates and (4) connection to existing mains water and public sewer, together with all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2460098

• 20 May 2022Conditional

  (a) construct a two storey Domestic extension to the rear of an existing dwelling, as Granted under parent planning Ref, 9612595; (b) remove and raise the roof on the existing Domestic dwelling in order to convert the roof space into a habitable first floor; (c) make changes to all four existing elevations on the existing domestic dwelling in order to allow for internal design changes and all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 2287

• 27 Oct 2020Conditional

  development consisting of (a) the erection of a new two storey dwelling; (b) new vehicular entrance, with piers & gates and ; (c) connection to existing mains water and public sewer, together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 20196

• 23 Oct 2020Conditional

  development consisting of (a) retention of existing rear carport; (b) permission for demolition of existing conservatory; (c) permission for the proposed constructions of a new single storey extension to the north west of the existing detached dwelling; (d) permission for associated internal and external alterations; (e) permission for the construction of a new detached single storey home office to the rear and (f) associated site works and services

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 20190

• 23 Dec 2019Conditional

  (1) the erection of a new two storey dwelling (2) new vehicular entrance, with piers and gates and (3) connection to existing mains water and public sewer together with all associated site development works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 19290

• 21 Jun 2017Conditional

  construct a dormer type domestic dwelling, domestic garage with carport, create new site access, connection to the public sewerage system an all ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Leitrim County Council, 17119

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Jamestown.

Recorded monuments

• LE031-076 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated in a low-lying position with a S-N section of the River Shannon c. 100m to the E. This feature is not depicted on any OS map, but it is visible as a circular feature (diam. c. 35m N-S) on aerial photographs (ACAP: V43/11280-1) and some later series (OSAP: 1995; 2017; Google Earth 01/03/2110; 24/03/2017). It is a circular grass-covered area (diam. c. 35m N-S) defined by a slight fosse (Wth 1.5m). It is overlain by a N-S field bank W of the centre, and in 1991 (SMR file) it was best preserved W of this feature as a grass-covered D-shaped platform (dims. c. 25m N-S; c. 13m E-W) defined by a slight fosse (Wth 1.5m). The entrance was not identified, and by 1995 a house had been built partly on its NW quadrant (OSAP). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 16 October 2019

• LE031-082 Historic town
  Description

  Located in a low-lying position on the W bank of a S-N portion of the River Shannon, and close to a fording point of that river. Although a church called Cill Srianain or Cill Trenain was probably at this location in 1310, the town of Jamestown was established when it was incorporated by charter in 1622. The walls were built by Sir Charles Coote to a specification which required a rectangular circuit of 160 perches around the main street, two main gateways, a postern gate, and four corner-bastions (dims c. 370m N-S; c. 150m E-W) (Kerrigan 1980-81; 1995, 79). A government report of 1622-3 stated that ‘a range of 6 or 7 English houses of lime and stone’ had already been built and more were under construction. Coote erected a wooden bridge (LE031-082007-) south of the town which was still extant in 1683 (Logan 1971, 327) but this was replaced with a stone bridge by 1730. The town was besieged, but not captured, by rebels in 1641-2 (Mac an Ghalloglaigh 1965, 448-50), but a Franciscan house was established in the district probably after 1645 (MacNamee 1954, 231), and a meeting of Catholic prelates was held at Jamestown in 1650 (Mooney 1946, 5-8) after it had fallen to Catholic Confederate forces in 1648 (Kelly 2019, 207). The Down Survey barony map (1656-8) depicts the rectangular walled town with houses extending on either side of the road N to Carrick-on-Shannon, and also a second bridge from N of the town to Charlestown, Co. Roscommon. This bridge was never built and the map is merely a projection as it was intended to found a county town for Co. Roscommon at Charlestown across the river which never came to fruition (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 20). Jamestown had a population of 238 c. 1659 (Pender 1939, 559). The town was captured for King William by Col. Lloyd in 1689, and retaken by Patrick Sarsfield in the same year as it was an important crossing point of the River Shannon (Wauchope 1992, 78-81). The extent of the town can be gauged from the plots depicted on the 1835 edition of the OS 6-inch map, and the remains of the town wall. It was a rectangular enclosed area (dims c. 275m N-S; c. 110m E-W) with a single N-S street. The surviving remains consist of the North Gate (LE031-082001-), two sections of town wall (LE031-082002-), the church (LE031-082004-) and a star-shaped fort (LE031-082005-) which overlooks the town from a drumlin to the W. The site of the Franciscan house (LE031-082006-) is also within the walls, although its location is less certain. Archaeological testing has so far failed to recover features associated with the early occupation of the town, although the base of the town wall on the west side has been found through excavation (01E1191) in at least one place (Ryan 2002). Archaeological testing (E002895) during 2007 along the main street provided evidence of earlier cobbled surfaces (D 0.35m) overlying an organic layer with fragments of pottery , glass, oyster shells and bricks, flecks of charcoal and bone, dating to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There was a cobbled road surface and drain at the S end (Delaney 2010). (Butler 1935; Loeber 1982-3; Logan 1971; Bradley and Dunne 1988, 19-31) See the attached image from the Down Survey map (N at left), which is reproduced courtesy of the National Library of Ireland (Ms 717). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019 Amended: 3 January, 2020

• LE031-082001 Gateway
  Description

  The town was completely defended by a town wall which had bastions at the four corners and two demi-bastions at the centre of the long E and W walls, as recorded on a map of 1730 by Thomas Moland. The North Gate of Jamestown was destroyed by Patrick Sarsfield in 1689 when he retook the town from Col. Lloyd, but it was rebuilt c. 1780 by Hugh O'Beirne. Its arch was taken down after it was damaged in 1973. Two in-turned piers survive, creating a passageway (Wth 4.3-5.3m; L 2.8m), together with adjacent parts of the town wall. Archaeological monitoring (20E0504) by L. Cagney (2021) of groundworks associated with a water pipe through Jamestown in 2020 identified a metalled surface and kerbstones from a footpath just outside the N gateway, which are more likely to be associated with the rebuilding of the gate in 1780 than its original construction. The kerbstones were preserved in situ. See the attached archival view taken from the S prior to the removal of the arch in 1973. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019 Amended: 3 August 2021

• LE031-082002 Town defences
  Description

  The town was completely defended by a town wall which had bastions at the four corners and two demi-bastions at the centre of the long E and W walls, as recorded on a map of 1730 by Thomas Moland. A length of town wall survives at the N end of the W side of the town (L 20m; ext. H 1.8-3m) but no distinguishing features are evident. A section of the town wall (L 7m; H 3m; T 1.2m) also survives at the S end of the W side of the town, which has no visible distinguishing features. The line of the wall can be traced as a break in slope to its N (L 23m) and S (L 18m). The North Gate of Jamestown (LE031-082001-) was destroyed by Patrick Sarsfield in 1689 when he retook the town from Col. Lloyd, but it was rebuilt c. 1780 by Hugh O'Beirne. Its arch was taken down after it was damaged in 1973. Two in-turned piers survive, creating a passageway (Wth 4.3-5.3m; L 2.8m), together with adjacent parts of the town wall. The base of the town wall on the W side has been found through excavation (01E1191) in at least one place (Ryan 2002, 2003). (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 23-6) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-082004 Church
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope down to a SE-NW section of the River Shannon which is c. 50m to the NE, and just outside the North gate of Jamestown (LE031-082001-). This is the parish church of Jamestown, which was built in the 17th century and is first mentioned as Kilshreenan in 1683 (Logan 1971, 323). It is within a triangular graveyard (LE031-082009-) defined by masonry walls, and is probably on the site of St Triannan's or Srianan's church, which is first mentioned as Ceall Srianáin in 1310 (Ó hInnse 1947). Ceall Srianáin is treated as a parish church in 1477 (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 27), and in 1492 it is recorded that Hubert, the son of Maelruanaigh Mac Rannell, heir to the chieftainship of Conmaicne Rein, and sixteen others were slain and burnt in the church of Cell Srianain by Eoghan, son of Tighernan Mór Ua Ruaric (AU) or by Cathal Oge Mac Rannall and Muinter Carolan (AFM). The seventeenth century church is a rectangular structure (ext. dims 17.2m ENE-WSW; 7.95m NNE-SSW) surviving complete with good walls (T 1m; H c. 4m) and quoins. The W doorway (Wth 1.77m) and the large E window are restored. There is one window embrasure in the N wall and three window embrasures in the S wall, but no dressed stone survives. Archaeological testing (97E0306) c. 60m to the W produced no related material (Ryan 1998). The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-082005 Bastioned fort
  Description

  Located on top of a drumlin overlooking Jamestown, which is c. 170m to the E at the nearest point. A fort with a wide view over the countryside and the town would be an essential part of the defences of Jamestown and might have been constructed at the outset in 1620, but the earliest secure reference to a garrison at Jamestown is in 1646 when it had a complement of a hundred men and their officers (Mahaffey 1901, 654). In September 1689 Col. Thomas Lloyd, on a raid from Sligo town, took Jamestown without a fight for King William as defending Jacobite troops had fled overnight. He left a colonel Russell in charge of a token force, which abandoned the town at Sarsfield’s approach the next month, but there was no fighting at Jamestown (Wauchope 1992, 76-81). The fort is a rectangular earthen platform (dims 20m E-W; 17.5m N-S; H 0.6-1m) with slight banks at N (Wth 2.5m; int. H 0.3m; ext. H 0.7m) and S (Wth 4.3m; int. H 0.5m; ext. H 1.2m). There are rectangular bastions (dims of top 9.5-10.5m N-S; 5-7m E-W) offset in two directions at each angle. The bastions are defined by scarps (H 0.6-1.2m), and the fort is surrounded by a slight fosse indicated by lush vegetation forming a rectangular area (max. ext. dims 40m E-W; 36m N-S). The fort is cut by a N-S field bank towards the W edge, and it is grass-covered W of this feature but is generally overgrown to the E. (Bradley and Dunne 1988, 26-7) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-082006 Religious house - Franciscan friars
  Description

  Located within Jamestown on the floodplain of the River Shannon. A Franciscan friary dedicated to St Mary was established probably after 1645, and a meeting of Catholic bishops was held there in 1650. The Franciscans held a last recorded chapter meeting here in 1658, but the community continued in the area into the 18th century and titular guardians were appointed down to 1860. Seven friars in the area were named in 1714 (MacNamee 1954, 231-4). There is no description of the buildings, and the site is sometimes thought to be the site of the parish church (LE031-82004-), but is more likely to have been at a different location. This is sometimes identified as the old national school as Franciscan lay brothers opened a school there in 1820 adjacent to the Roman Catholic chapel. (Mooney 1946 5-8, 21) The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019 Amended: 3 January, 2020

• LE031-082009 Graveyard
  Description

  Situated on a gentle NE-facing slope down to a SE-NW section of the River Shannon which is c. 50m to the NE and just outside the north gate of Jamestown (LE031-082001-). The parish church of Jamestown (LE031-082004-) is within a triangular graveyard (dims c.80m NE-SW; c. 70m NW-SE at NE) defined by masonry walls with the apex at SW where the only access from a public road is. The headstones are largely nineteenth century in date. Archaeological testing (97E0306) c. 60m to the W produced no related material (Ryan 1998) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October, 2019

• LE031-093 Designed landscape - tree-ring
  Description

  Situated in fertile pasture at the lowest point of, and at the centre of a disused NNW-SSE avenue that extends from a W-E minor public road to Jamestown at N as far as the NW bank of a SW-NE portion of the River Shannon, but the avenue does not relate to any country houses. The enclosure is depicted fully as a circular tree-ring only on the 1945 revision OS 6-inch map. This is a large circular area (diam. 73m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth. 1m; H. 0.45m) and an external ditch (Wth 0.90m, ext. D. 0.30m). The perimeter is planted with deciduous trees. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 17 October, 2019

• LE031-094 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Situated on the NW bank of a SW-NE section of the River Shannon with the stream immediately adjacent. This is an overgrown circular area (int. diam. c. 42m) defined by an earthen bank (Wth of base 6m; int. H 0.5m at N to 0.9m at SW; ext. H 2.2m at N to 2.6m at SW), and an external fosse (at N: Wth of base 3.5m; ext. D 2m) SW-N-ENE. The entrance and causeway (Wth of top 3m) are at NNE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of revised upload: 17 October 2019

• LE031-109 Enclosure
  Description

  Located on a gentle S-facing slope with the SW-NE River Shannon c. 150m to the S. It was first identified by S. Curran as part of an M.A. Thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the NRA. This is a D-shaped grass-covered area (dims 58.6m N-S; c. 58m E-W) defined by an earthen bank (at N: Wth 5.1m; int. H 0.1m; ext. H 0.5m) and outer fosse (at N: Wth of top 7m; Wth of base 2.5m; D 0.1m) NW-NNE and a scarp (H 0.3m SE-SSW, but the perimeter is barely traceable SSW-NW. It is curtailed by a NNW-SSE field bank (L 62m) at E. A NW-SE field bank that is marked on the 1835 ed. of the OS 6-inch map has been removed in the past leaving a scar, and the perimeter is not realy traceable W of this feature. There is no identifiable entrance. The bank is not very defensible, and it is possible that the enclosure was a tree-ring. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 9 April, 2013 Amended: 15 April, 2014

• LE031-121 Ringfort - rath
  Description

  Located on a W-facing slope in improved pasture. It was first identified by Susan Curran as part of an M.A. thesis with University College Dublin using a LiDAR survey dataset commissioned by Leitrim County Council and the National Roads Authority. This is a subcircular area (dims 28m E-W; 24m N-S) defined by the slight remains of an earthen bank (at NE: Wth of base 6.7m; Wth of top 3m; int. 0.4m; ext. H 0.05m) S-N-E and merging into the slope yet still traceable E-S. The interior slopes down to the W with the prevalent slope but there is no evidence of a fosse or entrance. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 11 May, 2015

Architectural heritage

• Store/warehouse, 1720–1750 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey store or warehouse, built c.1730, with single-storey carriage arch bay attached to south-east end, as noted by modern plaque. Converted to workhouse during the mid nineteenth century and now used as an agricultural outbuilding. Hipped corrugated-iron roof. Random coursed limestone walls with rubble infill to the ground floor. Window openings with stone lintels and arches. Replacement double entrance doors. Wheel guards to carriage arch. Flagstones to interior.

• Graveyard/cemetery, 1780–1820 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cemetery established on the site of a former seventeenth-century Franciscan friary with remains of friary buildings, variety of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century stone grave markers, ruinous ashlar mausoleum and boundary wall. Site enclosed by random sandstone wall, built c.1800, and is bounded by River Shannon to north-east. Gateway to south-west wall with wrought-iron gate and concrete lintel with cross above. Concrete path flanked by yew trees.

• Town/city walls, 1625–1630 · Regional interest
  Description

  Sections of town wall, built in 1627 by order of King James I and altered c.1830. Jambs of a town gate survive in the northern section. Parts of town wall to the west, south and eastern perimeters of the town. Walls comprise sandstone rubble with lime mortar. The northern gate has been repaired in the past.

• Post box, 1880–1920 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron post box, erected c.1900. Set into elevation of folly to boundary wall of Jamestown House. Bears lettering 'Post Office' in relief and also manufacturer's name 'W.T. Allen & Co. London'.

• Jamestown House, folly, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Circular-plan ornamental tower and demesne wall, built c.1820. Roughly dressed random coursed limestone elevations to tower with castellations and modillions. Door opening in south with limestone surround. Later door opening inserted to north with timber door and red brick surround. Located on north-west corner of estate boundary wall.

• Catholic Church of the Sacred Heart, church/chapel, 1810–1845 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached cruciform Roman Catholic church, built in 1812 as a private chapel and enlarged in 1843. Half-octagonal chancel at west end. Pitched slate roof with rendered bellcote to east and cast-iron rainwater goods. Pebbledashed walls with tooled limestone quoins and limestone eaves course. Tudor-arched door opening to north elevation with chamfered limestone surround and date plaque above. Flat-headed doorway in south wall of west end. Pointed-arched window openings with limestone surrounds, sills and replacement stained glass windows. Single-storey flart-roofed extension to east end.

• House, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached three-bay two-storey house with return to rear, built c.1820. Pitched slate roof with ridge tiles, coping stones and rendered chimneystacks. Roughcast render to walls with quoins and recessed plinth. Replacement timber and uPVC windows. Segmental-headed doorway with console brackets, cobweb fanlight and traceried sidelights with replacement timber panelled door. Site bounded by roughcast rendered wall to west and random stone wall to southern side.

• Jamestown House, outbuilding, 1800–1840 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached six-bay two-storey former coach house, built c.1820, with two-bay pedimented breakfront and half-octagonal rear return. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles and ashlar chimneystack. Limestone and sandstone roughly dressed random coursed walls with quoins and tooled stone eaves course. Partly blocked-up segmental-arched integral carriage arch openings with cut limestone jambs and brick arches to breakfront and returns. Replacement timber casement windows with brick and cut limestone surrounds and stone sills. Windows inserted into door openings. Cut stone oculus to tympanum. Replacement timber and glazed door to return. Ruinous roughcast rendered outbuildings to north surrounding central yard. Single ashlar gate pier to north.

• Jamestown House, country house, 1760–1800 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached four-bay two-storey house, built c.1780 and extensively remodelled c.1930. Hipped slate roof with ridge tiles, cast-iron rainwater goods and rendered chimneystack. Roughcast render to walls. Entrance porch with glazed timber door attached to east end of facade. Single and double timber sash and replacement uPVC windows with stone sills. Cast-iron pump to west wall. Site bounded by random stone wall, rendered piers and cast-iron gates. Piers with cast-iron gates to coach house, erected c.1860.

• Water pump, 1850–1890 · Regional interest
  Description

  Cast-iron water pump, erected c.1870, comprising cylindrical shaft with horizontal banding, fluted upper section with cow's tail pumping arm, spout and pointed finial. Enclosed by coursed random limestone wall.

• Jamestown House, gate lodge, 1810–1850 · Regional interest
  Description

  Detached hexagonal-plan former gate lodge to Jamestown House, built c.1830. Now derelict. Hipped slate roof and red brick chimneystack. Roughcast rendered limestone walls. Flat-headed window openings with tooled limestone sills and timber sash and casement windows. Ashlar gate piers with wrought-iron gates to south of gate lodge.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are water.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1484 (ZIP).

Flooding

The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Jamestown with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Leitrim.

Name

Jamestown · Baile Shéamais

Area

988,802 m² (98.88 ha, 244.34 acres)

Civil parish

Kiltoghert, and its townlands

Barony

Leitrim

Electoral division

Carrick-On-Shannon, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Carrick-On-Shannon electoral division: 4,445 people in 1,721 households; 56% of households own their home; 51% of homes were built since 2001; 16% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 5% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Kiltycarney, Lisgarney, Rue, Sallaghan, Tully

Placenames

Jamestown on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address; old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.