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Derrymore

Doire Mór

The original Kerry census places this Iveragh townland in Bahaghs electoral division.

Recorded locationDerrymore51.93148° N · 10.13902° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

doire(oak-)wood, grove, thicketmórgreat, big

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

  • Doire Mór · Irish · main form
  • Derrymore · English · main form

Place & story

Thirty-one inhabitants

Derrymore had thirty-one inhabitants in 1911, fifteen male and sixteen female. All five houses were occupied. The comparison columns give thirty-two inhabitants in 1891 and twenty-seven in 1901, with four and five houses respectively. Listed in Killinane parish and Iveragh barony, the townland belonged to the Caher dispensary district and Cahersiveen Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 587 acres, one rood and thirty-one perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Barony
Iveragh
Civil parish
Killinane
Coordinates
51.93148, -10.13902
Mapped area
2.38 km²
Logainm ID
22047 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Derrymore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Kerry, Table VII, printed page 6 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Co., Limited, Dublin, 1912
  3. 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 2021-10-07. How this page was prepared.