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Donore

The original Westmeath return records this Corkaree townland separately from Donore Demesne elsewhere in the county.

Recorded locationDonore53.64139° N · 7.38695° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • Donore · English · main form

Place & story

Twenty-five inhabitants

Donore had twenty-five inhabitants in 1911, thirteen male and twelve female. Five of its six houses were occupied and one was empty. The comparison columns record thirteen inhabitants in 1891 and twenty-nine in 1901, with six houses in both years. The townland was listed in Multyfarnham parish, electoral division and dispensary district, within Corkaree barony and Mullingar Poor Law Union. Its area was recorded as 601 acres and thirty-four perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Westmeath
Barony
Corkaree
Civil parish
Multyfarnham
Coordinates
53.64139, -7.38695
Mapped area
2.59 km²
Logainm ID
51920 ↗

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 Westmeath, Table VII, printed page 39 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Athlone Printing Works, 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 2007-12-10. How this page was prepared.