placenamesDerrykeighan
Doire Caocháin
Derrykeighan is a civil parish in Antrim. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationDerrykeighan55.12572° N · 6.47927° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded 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
- Doire Caocháin · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Derrykeighan · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Dunluce Lower
- Coordinates
- 55.12572, -6.47927 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 33.19 km²
- Logainm ID
- 61302 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Derrykeighan. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-05-26. How this page was prepared.