Townland

Tooreen

An Tuairín

Tooreen is a townland in Kerry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Watercolour and fine ink of the distant jagged Skellig island silhouettes across a silvery Atlantic, seen above low fields at Tooreen. — The Atlantic and Skelligs viewed from Tooreen by Saint Finan's Bay, as photographed in March 2008.

Recorded locationTooreen51.82547° N · 10.33343° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.

Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

tuairínlittle animal-enclosure; little lea(-field); little bleaching-green

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

An Tuairín · Irish · main form · validated name
Tooreen · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type: Townland
County: Kerry
Barony: Iveragh
Civil parish: Killemlagh
Within: Saint Finan's
Coordinates: 51.82547, -10.33343
Mapped area: 0.6 km²
Logainm ID: 22407 ↗

Sources & further reading

Logainm.ie — Tooreen. 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.
View from Tooreen towards the Skelligs, Saint Finan's Bay, County Kerry illustration: based on a House ruin at Tooreen, Saint Finan's Bay and the Skelligs by Ulrich Hartmann. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

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