placenames1901 census
5People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Mulholland 5
Dunluce
Dún Libhse
A small excavation records the material traces of the seventeenth-century settlement beside the castle.
Recorded locationDunluce55.21168° N · 6.57636° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- Dún Libhse · Irish · main form
- Dunluce · English · main form
Place & story
A road surface uncovered in 2012
In January 2012, the Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork excavated roughly twenty-five by eight metres of seventeenth-century cobbling on the castle approach. Emily Murray’s report records a trader’s token of that century and a decorative metal fitting, possibly from a leather strap. The surface had first been detected through geophysical work and test trenches. [2]
Post-holes and later drainage
Three pairs of post-holes at the trench’s southern end were interpreted as probable traces of a timber structure, about six by three metres. They were exposed in plan but not excavated. Drainage work also revealed cobbling beneath the tarmac path: that surface was retained, with a prefabricated drain laid above it. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Antrim
- Barony
- Dunluce Lower
- Civil parish
- Dunluce
- Coordinates
- 55.21168, -6.57636
- Mapped area
- 0.75 km²
- Logainm ID
- 62113 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
7People recorded
2Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Lynn 5
- Smyth 2
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dunluce. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Excavations 2012:038, Dunluce Castle, licence AE/11/133 · Emily Murray, Centre for Archaeological Fieldwork, Queen’s University Belfast
- 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 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.