placenames1901 census
32People recorded
6Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Dunlop 8
- Waterworth 8
- Dorrity 4
- Young 3
- Ferguson 2
Edenderry
Éadan Doire
The surviving Edenderry House preserves an estate history distinct from the better-known linen village.
Recorded locationEdenderry54.54071° N · 5.95779° 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
- Éadan Doire · Irish · main form
- Edenderry · English · main form
Place & story
A Georgian house altered over time
The government’s 2010 survey dates Edenderry House off Ballylesson Road to the 1730s and associates it with James Beers. Valuation records identify Charles Dunlop as its owner-occupier in 1863. Later changes altered its appearance: a two-storey projecting bay was added in 1902. The survey also records the removal in 1984 of a substantial rear addition, whose earlier appearance survived in a 1916 watercolour. [2]
Robert Waterworth’s cottage
An adjoining cottage and L-shaped outbuildings form part of the estate courtyard. The survey records the owner’s identification of Robert Waterworth as the cottage’s last resident: he worked as gardener from about the 1920s until 1949. The outbuildings combine rubble masonry with handmade brick. Differences in brickwork led the surveyors to suggest that one block was built later or remodelled. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Upper
- Civil parish
- Drumbo
- Coordinates
- 54.54071, -5.95779
- Mapped area
- 0.56 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66149 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
25People recorded
6Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Waterworth 7
- Dunlop 4
- Darrity 2
- Ferguson 2
- Nesbitt 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 — Edenderry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Edenderry House, HB19/23/019 A, survey 24 June 2010 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
- Edenderry House gardener’s cottage and outbuildings, HB19/23/019 B, survey 24 June 2010 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
- 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.