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Townland

Donore

Dún Uabhair

The original census lists separate Castlerickard and Killaconnigan portions under Killyon electoral division.

Watercolour and fine ink view of the surviving stone Donore tower house with rounded corners, a cylindrical stair turret and a projecting machicolation.
Illustration, Donore Castle near Killyon, County Meath, as photographed in June 2010
Recorded locationDonore53.49837° N · 6.94207° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

dúnfort

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

The inhabited portion in 1911

The Killaconnigan parish portion of Donore had fifty-six inhabitants in 1911, thirty-one male and twenty-five female. Thirteen of its fourteen houses were occupied and one was empty. The comparison columns record forty-six inhabitants in 1891 and twenty-four in 1901. This portion’s area was recorded as 643 acres, three roods and twenty-three perches. It lay in Lune barony, within Killyon electoral division, Innfield dispensary district and Trim Poor Law Union. [2]

A separate parish entry

The same table lists another Donore portion in Castlerickard parish, with an area of 119 acres and twenty-six perches. Its population and house columns are blank. Both parish entries must therefore be noticed when reading the historical townland return, rather than treating the smaller acreage as the extent of all Donore. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Meath
Barony
Lune
Civil parish
Castlerickard
Civil parish
Killaconnigan
Within
Killyon
Coordinates
53.49837, -6.94207
Mapped area
3.1 km²
Logainm ID
39097 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Donore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Meath, Table VII, printed page 40 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by the Athlone Printing Works Company, 1912
  3. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
  4. Donore Castle near Killyon, County Meath illustration: based on a Castles of Leinster: Donore, Meath by Mike Searle. 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 2025-01-22. How this page was prepared.