placenames1901 census
358People recorded
62Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Doherty 111
- Diver 33
- Devir 26
- McGonagle 23
- Conaghan 21
Letter
Leitir
Letter is a townland in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationLetter55.26422° N · 7.48365° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Leitir · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Letter · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Inishowen East
- Civil parish
- Clonmany
- Within
- Dunaff
- Coordinates
- 55.26422, -7.48365
- Mapped area
- 3.42 km²
- Logainm ID
- 15184 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
374People recorded
58Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Doherty 131
- Devir 39
- Conaghan 28
- McGonagle 21
- Kerr 20
1926 census
292People recorded
55Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Letter. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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 2024-04-29. How this page was prepared.