placenames1901 census
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Drinan
Draighneán
The census places this Dublin townland in Kinsaley parish and Coolock barony.
Recorded locationDrinan53.44609° N · 6.19873° 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
- Draighneán · Irish · main form · validated name
- Drinan · English · main form
Place & story
Eleven occupied houses
Drinan had fifty-four inhabitants in 1911, twenty-nine male and twenty-five female. Eleven houses were occupied, two were empty and one was being built. The comparison columns record fifty-two inhabitants in 1891 and sixty-four in 1901, with ten and eleven houses respectively. Listed within Kinsaley electoral division, Malahide dispensary district and Balrothery Poor Law Union, the townland had a recorded area of 438 acres, three roods and one perch. [2]
Geographic information
People & family history
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1911 census
54People recorded
12Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
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Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drinan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Dublin, Table VII, printed page 12 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
- 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 2024-11-05. How this page was prepared.