placenames1901 census
386People recorded
88Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- ONeill 40
- Downing 31
- Madden 24
- Henry 20
- Mulholland 19
Dreenan
Dreenan is a townland in Derry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationDreenan54.85914° N · 6.57199° 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
- Dreenan · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Derry
- Barony
- Loughinsholin
- Civil parish
- Maghera
- Coordinates
- 54.85914, -6.57199
- Mapped area
- 5.79 km²
- Logainm ID
- 58326 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
332People recorded
80Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Henry 26
- Downing 25
- O'Neill 22
- McKee 15
- Morgan 14
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dreenan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- 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.