placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Dunfanaghy
Dún Fionnachaidh
The original Donegal report links the settlement’s return to the townland sharing its name.
Recorded locationDunfanaghy55.18107° N · 7.97356° 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.
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Recorded forms
- Dún Fionnachaidh · Irish · main form
- Dunfanaghy · English · main form
Place & story
Four hundred and nineteen inhabitants in 1911
Dunfanaghy town had 419 inhabitants in 1911, 202 male and 217 female. Eighty-five of its 104 houses were occupied and nineteen were empty. Its population had been 525 in 1891 and 460 in 1901. A footnote states that the town stood on Dunfanaghy townland, with an estimated area of eleven acres included in the townland’s area and valuation. [2]
The larger townland
The townland row records 146 acres and twenty perches but leaves its separate population and housing cells blank. Those blanks should be read alongside the populated town return. The table places Dunfanaghy in Clondahorky parish, Kilmacrenan barony and Dunfanaghy electoral and dispensary districts, within Dunfanaghy Poor Law Union. The workhouse population appears instead in nearby Figart’s figures. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Civil parish
- Clondahorky
- Within
- Dunfanaghy
- Coordinates
- 55.18107, -7.97356
- Mapped area
- 0.59 km²
- Logainm ID
- 14401 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
382People recorded
93Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunfanaghy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Donegal, Table VII, printed page 21, notes (a) and (c) · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Dunfanaghy Presbyterian Church, County Donegal illustration: based on a Dunfanaghy Presbyterian Church by Anne Burgess. 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 2023-11-20. How this page was prepared.