placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Rotten Island
An tOileán Bréan
Rotten Island is a townland in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationRotten Island54.65798° N · 8.44761° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
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
- An tOileán Bréan · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Rotten Island · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Banagh
- Civil parish
- Killybegs Upper
- Within
- Killybegs
- Coordinates
- 54.65798, -8.44761 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 0.01 km²
- Logainm ID
- 14875 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
4People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Connell 4
1926 census
8People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Kelly 8
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rotten Island. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2018-04-24. How this page was prepared.