Rathkeelan (Town of Crossmaglen)

The townland of Rathkeelan contains just short of 12 statute acres of the town of Crossmaglen. This page is about the part Crossmaglen that is in the townland.

Census of Ireland 1901

The Census enumerated 125 persons in 32 households; a ratio of 3.9 people per household. The households occupied a total of 87 rooms, a ratio of 2.7 rooms per household and 1.5 people per room.

Native Irish Speakers

Of the 32 households enumerated in the Census, ten contained at least one native Irish speaker - 12 in all. Since theirs was the last generation to have been born into a predominently Irish speaking environment, their names, occupations and ages are recorded here. All were born in Co. Armagh with the exception of Rose Malone, James Garvey and Catherine O'Hare, born in Co. Monaghan.

• Castleblaney Street
  • Mary McKeone, wife of Felix, 58
  • Rose Malone, housekeeper, 80
  • Alice McQuillan, housekeeper, 70
  • John Nugent, retired Head Constable, RIC, 65
  • James Garvey, retired from Ordnance Survey, CS Department, 77
  
  Newtown Street
  • James McGuirk, basket maker, 66
  • James Grant, general labourer, 68
    and his wife Alice,66
  • Catherine O'Hare, farmer, 79
  • Frank Quinn, joiner, 62
    and his wife Nancy, 60
  • Mary Malone, wife of Michael, 60

Names of House and Property Holders ⁽¹⁾

The following table sets of the names of those who owned or rented houses and/or property at the time the valuation records or population censuses were compiled. Unlike the scheme adopted in the townlands, the names are not listed alphabetically and the following table reproduces the order in which they appear in the records.