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Buckna

Bocshnámh

Buckna is a townland in Antrim. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationBuckna54.89275° N · 6.05300° 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

  • Bocshnámh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Buckna · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Antrim
Civil parish
Racavan
Coordinates
54.89275, -6.05300
Mapped area
6.43 km²
Logainm ID
61408 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

151People recorded
29Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Davison 16
  • Jamieson 14
  • Mills 13
  • Johnston 12
  • McMullan 10
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 — Buckna. 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 2019-11-05. How this page was prepared.