placenamesDonore
Dún Uabhair
The original Meath report records this townland separately from the Moynalty namesake.
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
- Donore · English · main form
Place & story
Forty-six inhabitants
Donore had forty-six inhabitants in 1911, twenty-six male and twenty female. Fourteen of its fifteen houses were occupied and one was empty. The comparison columns record ninety-two inhabitants in 1891 and sixty-two in 1901, with twenty-two and sixteen houses respectively. Listed in Donore parish, the townland belonged to Saint Mary’s electoral division and dispensary district, within Drogheda Poor Law Union. Its area was recorded as 478 acres, three roods and sixteen perches. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Meath
- Barony
- Duleek Lower
- Civil parish
- Donore
- Coordinates
- 53.70122, -6.40473
- Mapped area
- 1.94 km²
- Logainm ID
- 38489 ↗
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 9 · 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.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-07-02. How this page was prepared.