placenames1901 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Doon
Dún Bleisce
This Pubblebrien townland is distinct from the better-known Doon settlement in eastern Limerick.
Recorded locationDoon52.63027° N · 8.74173° 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
- Dún Bleisce · Irish · main form · validated name
- Doon · English · main form
Place & story
Twelve inhabitants in one house
The 1911 census recorded twelve inhabitants in Doon, nine male and three female, in one occupied house. The same house total appears in the comparison columns for 1891 and 1901, when the populations were four and twelve respectively. The table places the townland in Kilkeedy parish, Pubblebrien barony and Clarina electoral and dispensary districts, within Limerick Union. Its recorded area was forty-one acres, two roods and five perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Pubblebrien
- Civil parish
- Kilkeedy
- Coordinates
- 52.63027, -8.74173
- Mapped area
- 0.18 km²
- Logainm ID
- 31415 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
12People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Hartigan 12
1926 census
5People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Hartigan 5
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Doon. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County and City of Limerick, Table VII, printed page 30 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.