Back Doon (lungsod sa Irland, Munster, County Limerick) CEB Doon Spanish Doon (Limerick konderria) Basque Dún Bleisce Irish Дун (Лимерик) Russian Doon (ort i Irland, Munster, County Limerick) Swedish
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Doon
Dún Bleisce | |
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Village | |
 Aerial view of Doon | |
  Doon Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°36′16″N 8°14′55″W / 52.604338°N 8.248479°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Limerick |
| Dáil Éireann | Limerick County |
| EU Parliament | South |
| Elevation | 150 m (490 ft) |
| Population | 516 |
| Website | www |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1,470 | — |
| 2011 | 1,342 | −8.7% |
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Doon (Irish: Dún Bleisce) is a village in east County Limerick, Ireland, close to the border of County Tipperary. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Coonagh.[3] and is an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
The name Doon, deriving from the common Irish place name term Dún meaning "fort", can also be found as the name of various different townlands in Ireland.
- ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Doon". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
- ^ Central Statistics Office Ireland and Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website. Post 1996 figures include Doon South and Doon West.
- ^ Placenames of Ireland Database. "Doon (town)". Retrieved 12 February 2014.