Townland

Letterloan

Leitir Luáin

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

Recorded locationLetterloan55.07402° N · 6.73495° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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

  • Leitir Luáin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Letterloan · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Barony
Coleraine
Civil parish
Macosquin
Coordinates
55.07402, -6.73495
Mapped area
2.22 km²
Logainm ID
57726 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

61People recorded
14Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Hull 11
  • Crowe 10
  • Taylor 9
  • McLoskey 7
  • Morrison 5
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1911 census

52People recorded
12Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Crowe 6
  • Hull 6
  • McNeill 6
  • Harte 5
  • Morrison 5
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 — Letterloan. 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.