placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Letterkenny
Leitir Ceanainn
A major extension accommodated growing student numbers while echoing Saint Eunan’s older architecture.
Recorded locationLetterkenny54.94966° N · 7.73541° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
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Recorded forms
- Leitir Ceanainn · Irish · main form
- Letterkenny · English · main form
Place & story
Dormitories above a boiler house
Saint Eunan’s College gained a large extension in 1930–1931, designed by W. H. Byrne & Son. The architectural inventory links the addition to increased student numbers in the late 1920s. Its accommodation included dormitories, a study hall and changing rooms, with a boiler house below. Stepped parapets and rough-faced stonework echoed the earlier college, while paired and single arched windows varied the elevations. The inventory records that the extension was long known as the “new building”. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Kilmacrenan
- Civil parish
- Conwal
- Within
- Letterkenny Urban
- Coordinates
- 54.94966, -7.73541
- Mapped area
- 1.6 km²
- Logainm ID
- 15696 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
233People recorded
56Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1911 records ↗1926 census
3People recorded
3Households recorded
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Letterkenny. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Saint Eunan’s College extension, NIAH 40501091 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- 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 2025-04-30. How this page was prepared.