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Townland

Derry

Doire

Lewis singled out Derry’s cultivated land; the later census records the townland within Kilcullen electoral division.

Recorded locationDerry51.95737° N · 8.74497° 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

Two residences in Lewis’s account

In 1837 Samuel Lewis described the land around Derry as well cultivated and productive, contrasting it with the generally cold, wet soil of the wider Donoughmore parish. He listed Derry among the parish’s principal residences, occupied by J. B. Gibbs, and named Derry Cottage as the residence of the Reverend W. Meade. These are the occupants recorded in his account of that period. [2]

Twelve occupied houses in 1901

The census recorded fifty-eight inhabitants in Derry in 1901, thirty-two male and twenty-six female. Twelve of its thirteen houses were occupied and one was empty. The comparison columns give seventy-two inhabitants in 1881 and fifty-two in 1891. Listed in Donaghmore parish and East Muskerry barony, the townland belonged to Kilcullen electoral division, Clonmoyle dispensary district and Macroom Union. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Cork
Civil parish
Donaghmore
Within
Kilcullen
Coordinates
51.95737, -8.74497
Mapped area
2.51 km²
Logainm ID
11456 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Derry. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Donoughmore: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837 · Samuel Lewis
  3. Census of Ireland 1901: County and City of Cork, Table VII, printed page 103; published 1902 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by Cahill and Company, Dublin
  4. 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.