Townland

Derry

Doire

The original report identifies this small Eliogarty townland separately from Derry in Dorrha.

Recorded locationDerry52.74536° N · 7.78832° 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

  • Doire · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Derry · English · main form

Place & story

One house in three census returns

Derry had one inhabitant and one occupied house in 1911. The comparison columns record three inhabitants in both 1891 and 1901, with one house at each census. Listed in Loughmoe East parish and Eliogarty barony, the townland belonged to Loughmoe electoral division, Moyne dispensary district and Thurles Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was eighty-two acres, two roods and nine perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Barony
Eliogarty
Civil parish
Loughmoe East
Coordinates
52.74536, -7.78832
Mapped area
0.33 km²
Logainm ID
47171 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Derry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1911: County Tipperary, Table VII, printed page 71 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Alexander Thom & Co., Limited, Dublin, 1912
  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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.