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Derry

Doire

The original census places this Cork townland in Rosscarbery electoral division and Clonakilty Union.

Recorded locationDerry51.58003° N · 9.05774° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

doire(oak-)wood, grove, thicket

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

  • Doire · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Derry · English · main form

Place & story

People and houses in the 1901 return

Derry had forty-three inhabitants in 1901, twenty-three male and twenty female. Eleven of its sixteen houses were occupied and five were empty. The comparison columns record eighty-eight inhabitants in 1881 and seventy-four in 1891, with eighteen and twenty houses respectively. The report lists it in Ross parish and the western division of East Carbery barony. Its area was recorded as 471 acres, one rood and thirty perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Civil parish
Ross
Coordinates
51.58003, -9.05774
Mapped area
2.18 km²
Logainm ID
9033 ↗

People & family history

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

1911 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Derry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County and City of Cork, Table VII, printed page 37; published 1902 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill and Company, Dublin
  3. 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 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.