Townland

Brockaghboy

Brockaghboy is a townland in Derry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBrockaghboy54.95017° N · 6.74282° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Brockaghboy · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Barony
Coleraine
Civil parish
Errigal
Coordinates
54.95017, -6.74282
Mapped area
4.83 km²
Logainm ID
57650 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

159People recorded
35Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Hegarty 20
  • OKane 20
  • McNicholl 16
  • Quigg 15
  • O Hagan 13
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1911 census

151People recorded
37Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • OKane 40
  • McNicholl 19
  • OHagan 15
  • Quigg 12
  • Hegarty 9
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Brockaghboy. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.