placenames1901 census
66People recorded
6Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- G 8
- D 6
- C 5
- McCormick 4
- B 3
Donegal
Dún na nGall
The 1911 report separates a town portion from the townland’s rural return, which included workhouse residents.
Recorded locationDonegal54.65472° N · 8.10177° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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
- Dún na nGall · Irish · main form
- Donegal · English · main form
Place & story
A rural return with an institution
Donegal townland’s rural entry recorded 109 inhabitants in 1911, forty-seven male and sixty-two female. A footnote explicitly includes inmates of Donegal Union Workhouse. Four of the five recorded houses were occupied and one was empty. The same rural line gives sixty-nine inhabitants in 1891 and sixty-six in 1901. These figures include an institutional population and cannot be read simply as ordinary family households. [2]
The town crossed a parish boundary
The portion of Donegal town in Donegal parish had 861 inhabitants in 1911. Another 243 lived in the Killymard parish portion, on Drumcliff, Milltown and Mullans townlands. Together they made the report’s town total of 1,104. The town portion in Donegal parish stood on Donegal townland; its population was returned separately from the rural entry of 109. [2]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
109People recorded
6Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- C 12
- B 10
- M 7
- H 6
- McD 6
1926 census
90People recorded
5Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Griffith 10
- C 9
- G 7
- B 6
- S 6
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donegal. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Donegal, Table VII, printed pages 9–10 · Census Commissioners for Ireland, 1912
- 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 2026-08-06. How this page was prepared.