placenamesDunderrow
Dún Darú
Lewis recorded transport works underway beside an established river resource.
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 Darú · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dunderrow · English · main form
Place & story
Road building and river use
In 1837 Samuel Lewis described a new road from Kinsale to Bandon being made through Dunderrow parish. It was work in progress in his account, rather than a completed road opened in that year. He also recorded several salmon weirs in the Bandon River along the parish’s southern boundary. Together the notices document construction on land and an established use of the river in a parish composed of several detached portions. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Muskerry East
- Barony
- Kinalea
- Barony
- Kinsale
- Coordinates
- 51.76720, -8.58778
- Mapped area
- 26.66 km²
- Logainm ID
- 570 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunderrow. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dunderrow — A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.