placenames1901 census
86People recorded
16Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Doggett 13
- Farrelly 11
- Mallon 9
- O'Hara 8
- Sheridan 7
Donore
Dún Uabhair
This Lower Kells townland is distinct from Donore village near the Boyne.
Recorded locationDonore53.78131° N · 6.89170° 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 Uabhair · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Donore · English · main form
Place & story
Ninety inhabitants
Donore had ninety inhabitants in 1911, equally divided between forty-five males and forty-five females. Seventeen of its eighteen houses were occupied and one was empty. The comparison columns record sixty-one inhabitants in 1891 and eighty-six in 1901, with sixteen and seventeen houses respectively. The townland was listed in Moynalty parish, electoral division and dispensary district, within Lower Kells barony and Kells Poor Law Union. Its area was recorded as 463 acres, three roods and thirty-six perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Kells Lower
- Civil parish
- Moynalty
- Within
- Moynalty
- Coordinates
- 53.78131, -6.89170
- Mapped area
- 1.9 km²
- Logainm ID
- 38249 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
90People recorded
17Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Sheridan 13
- Govern 10
- Stewart 10
- Doggett 8
- Mallon 7
1926 census
54People recorded
12Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
Explore the 1926 records ↗Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Meath, Table VII, printed page 24 · 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.
- The R164 bend at Donore near Moynalty, County Meath illustration: based on a Sharp bend in the R164 at Donore by Eric Jones. 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 2026-04-13. How this page was prepared.