placenamesDown
An Dún
Down is a civil parish in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.
Recorded locationDown54.30858° N · 5.74629° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded 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
- An Dún · Irish · main form
- Down · English · main form
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Lecale Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.30858, -5.74629 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 47.1 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65765 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Down. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.