Dunmore East

Dunmore East
Dún Mór
Town
Dunmore East harbour and lighthouse
Dunmore East harbour and lighthouse
Dunmore East is located in Ireland
Dunmore East
Dunmore East
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°09′18″N 6°59′46″W / 52.155°N 6.996°W / 52.155; -6.996
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Waterford
Elevation
40 m (130 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
1,731
Irish Grid ReferenceS687007

Dunmore East (Irish: Dún Mór, meaning 'big fort')[2] is a popular tourist and fishing village in County Waterford, Ireland. Situated on the west side of Waterford Harbour on Ireland's southeastern coast, it lies within the barony of Gaultier (An Gháilltír – "land of the foreigner" in Irish[3]); a reference to the influx of Viking and Norman settlers in the area.[4]

  1. ^ "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Dunmore East". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ "Dún Mór/Dunmore East". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  3. ^ "An Ghailltír/Gaultiere". Logainm (in Irish). Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  4. ^ Canon P. Power, Place names of the Decies, David Nutt, 1907, p.185