Donore, County Westmeath Explained

Donore
Settlement Type:Townland
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Donore within County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland
Coordinates:53.6414°N -7.3864°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Leinster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Westmeath
Blank Name:Irish grid reference
Blank Info:N406658

Donore is a townland in County Westmeath, Ireland. It is located about 13.24km (08.23miles) north of Mullingar.

Donore is one of 14 townlands of the civil parish of Multyfarnham in the barony of Corkaree in the Province of Leinster. The townland covers 732.36acres.

The neighbouring townlands are: Ballynakill to the east, Tober to the south–east, Froghanstown and Multyfarnham to the south and Ballynaclonagh and Soho to the west.[1] [2]

In the 1911 census of Ireland there were 5 houses[3] and 25 inhabitants[4] in the townland.

Donore House, home to the Nugent family, was the largest estate in the area. It was sold to the Land Commission and the main house was demolished in the 1970s.[5] [6]

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.townlands.ie/westmeath/corkaree/multyfarnham/donore/ Donore Townland, Co. Westmeath
  2. http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/town_new2.php?MODE=search&TOWNLAND=Donore&SORTBY=townland&METHOD=exact&COUNTY=&BARONY=&METHOD1=exact&PARISH=Multyfarnham&METHOD2=exact&PLU=&METHOD3=exact&PROVINCE= Donore Townland, Co. Westmeath
  3. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Westmeath/Multyfarnham/Donore/ Houses in Donore
  4. http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/results.jsp?census_year=1911&surname=&exact=&firstname=&county19011911=Westmeath&county1821=&county1831=&county1841=&county1851=&townland=Donore&ded=Multyfarnham&age=&sex=&relationToHead=&religion=&education=&occupation=&marriageStatus=&marriageYears=&childrenBorn=&childrenLiving=&birthplace=&nativeCountry=&language=&deafdumb=&houseNumber=&familiesNumber=&malesNumber=&femalesNumber=&maleServNumber=&femaleServNumber=&estChurchNumber=&romanCatNumber=&presbNumberDiv=&protNumber=&parish=&barony=&yearsMarried=&causeOfDeath=&yearOfDeath=&familyId=&ageInMonths=&search=Search&sort=&pageSize=50 Inhabitants in Donore
  5. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=WM&regno=15400715 (Donore,) County Westmeath
  6. http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/physical-landscape/lakelands-of-westmeath/lough-derravaragh/donore-house/ Donore House