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Townland

Dunmore

Dún Mór

The Galway census separates rural Dunmore from a town spread across several townlands.

Watercolour and fine ink frontal view of the tall gabled ruin of Dunmore Castle framed by leafy trees and a grassy bank.
Illustration, Dunmore Castle near Dunmore, County Galway, as photographed in June 2010
Recorded locationDunmore53.61914° N · 8.74800° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

dúnfortmórgreat, big

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 Mór · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Dunmore · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-five rural inhabitants

Dunmore’s rural return had twenty-five inhabitants in 1911, thirteen male and twelve female. Five of its seven houses were occupied and two were empty. The comparison columns give thirteen inhabitants in 1891 and twenty-eight in 1901. The table places the townland in Dunmore parish and barony, within Dunmore South electoral division and Dunmore dispensary district, under Tuam Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 142 acres, two roods and ten perches. [2]

The town crossed boundaries

Dunmore town contained 577 inhabitants in 1911. Its largest separately listed portion had 445 people and stood on Dunmore and Abbeyland South townlands. Other portions lay on Abbeyland North and Gaterstreet, spanning two electoral divisions and two baronies. Those settlement figures therefore cannot be assigned entirely to Dunmore townland. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Galway
Barony
Dunmore
Civil parish
Dunmore
Coordinates
53.61914, -8.74800
Mapped area
0.58 km²
Logainm ID
1411943 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Dunmore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Galway, Table VII, printed page 103, notes (a)–(c) · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Dunmore Castle near Dunmore, County Galway illustration: based on a Castles of Connacht: Dunmore, Galway (1) by Mike Searle. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.