Townland

Tooreen

An Tuairín

A forestry plan distinguishes several planting histories under the Tooreen Kilflynn name.

Recorded locationTooreen52.32606° N · 9.61410° 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.

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
  • Tooreen · English · main form

Place & story

Planting in the early 1990s

The Irish Forestry Unit Trust’s Stacks Mountains plan for 2025–2029 records three properties named Tooreen Kilflynn. The first covers 36.23 hectares and the second 29.46 hectares, both established around 1992–93. The third covers 71.45 hectares and is dated to about 1990. These are separate forest holdings associated with the locality; their figures do not describe the area, population or complete land use of Tooreen townland. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Civil parish
Kilflyn
Coordinates
52.32606, -9.61410
Mapped area
2.12 km²
Logainm ID
24249 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

25People recorded
3Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Pierse 10
  • McElligott 9
  • Cronin 6
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Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Tooreen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Stacks Mountains Management Unit, plan period2025–2029, propertyentries8–10 · Irish Forestry Unit Trust
  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 2020-03-30. How this page was prepared.