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Altinure Upper

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

Recorded locationAltinure Upper54.87101° N · 7.07651° 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

  • Altinure Upper · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Derry
Barony
Tirkeeran
Civil parish
Learmount
Coordinates
54.87101, -7.07651
Mapped area
1.29 km²
Logainm ID
58604 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

92People recorded
18Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • McCloskey 14
  • Kane 13
  • McElhinney 12
  • Hopkin 9
  • McNickle 9
Explore the 1901 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 — Altinure Upper. 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.