Irish Form of Name:
Dúneire
Translation:
Deery's dun or fort fort
Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Dúndoighre
Dúneire
Duniry
Parish of Dooniry
Duniry Alph. List townland names
Dooniry B. S. Sketch
Dunery In the County Galway
Danoyre Inq. Temp. Eliz.
Duniry Larkin's County Map
Dooniry Rev. Charles Robinson
Description:
A small parish chiefly under cultivation. Dooniry village is in the South end. The North end consists of a detached portion of the parish of Teena. The parish is all in Leitrim Barony encl.[Unable to read.] About 500 acres in the Barony of Longford.
Situation:
In the Baronies of Leitrim and Longford, County of Galway, 6 miles north of Woodford and about 12 miles N. W. of Portumna.
Information from the Ordnance Survey Letters:
The Ordnance Survey Letters are letters between John O'Donovan and his supervisor, Thomas Larcom, regarding the work of compiling the Field Books. These letters provide further discussion on many of the places listed in the Field Books.
References to this place can be found in the following letter.