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Aughnahoory

Aughnahoory is a townland in Down. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationAughnahoory54.08036° N · 5.99638° 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

  • Aughnahoory · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Down
Barony
Mourne
Civil parish
Kilkeel
Coordinates
54.08036, -5.99638
Mapped area
2.28 km²
Logainm ID
66992 ↗

People & family history

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

1901 census

157People recorded
30Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Hanna 35
  • Rooney 15
  • Bingham 14
  • McClenaghan 11
  • Stafford 9
Explore the 1901 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 — Aughnahoory. 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 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.