Town

Burnfoot

Bun na hAbhann

Burnfoot is a town in Donegal. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBurnfoot55.05781° N · 7.40255° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

abhainnriver bun(river-)mouth, bottom(-land)

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

Bun na hAbhann · Irish · main form · validated name
Burnfoot · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Town
County: Donegal
Barony: Inishowen West
Civil parish: Fahan Upper
Coordinates: 55.05781, -7.40255
Logainm ID: 15190 ↗

Population over time

Burnfoot — Census 2016 settlement footprint

Population within 2016 settlement boundaries

474people · 2022

Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.

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Burnfoot — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
Census year	Population
2016	450
2022	474

Source: CSO Census 2022 Profile 1 — Appendix Table 1: Census 2022 De Facto Population for the 2016 Towns · Supporting source 1. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Other census areas and years

These figures use different area definitions. Read the boundary note before comparing them.

Burnfoot, Donegal

Published census settlement populations

450people · 2016

Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.

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Burnfoot, Donegal — census population
Census year	Population
2011	466
2016	450

Source: CSO E2016 — Population and Actual and Percentage Change 2011 to 2016. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Burnfoot, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area

Built Up Area population, 2022

413people · 2022

Built Up Areas use a new land-use definition. Their population figures cannot be compared directly with Census 2016 settlement counts.

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Burnfoot, Co Donegal — Census 2022 Built Up Area — census population
Census year	Population
2022	413

Source: CSO F1015 — Population, Census 2022 Built Up Areas. CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-10-25.

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Burnfoot. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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