BROWSE
sub-townland
Droim Deilgneach
genitive: Dhroim Deilgneach
validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Thornback
(English)

Glossary

droim, drom
English ridge

Centrepoint

52.6885, -7.28682latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1220c
Drumdelgi
COD Leathanach: 24 §48
1247
Drumdelgyn
Richard de Troye; Partition of 1317, Hugh le Dispenser
Kn. Fees Leathanach: 229
1298
Odromdeleg?
Gilbert Odromdeleg
CJR
1300c
Drimgelgy
"In a diocesan church list in the Red Book of Ossory, c. 1300, the name Travers [.i. Troy] is given as the patron of the church of Drimgelgy." Tugtar mar tagairt: Cal. Liber Ruber Ossor. p. 177 ach níor éirigh liom teacht air.
Kn. Fees Leathanach: 229
1303
Dromedelgy
?? "Extent of Lands in *Co. Carlow*"
RBO Leathanach: 4
1317
Drandelgy
Theobald de Troy
Kn. Fees Leathanach: 229
1331
Dromdelgany
grant to Peter de Arderne
COD Leathanach: 268 §631
1423c
Drumdelgyn
Royal Service belonging to the earl of March in Kilkenny
COD Leathanach: iii
1540-41
Dromdelygen
Ir. Mon. Poss. Leathanach: 200
1609
Dromedeligin al' Thornback, maner' de
Oliver Shortall de Ballylorcan
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: Jac. I 9
1609
Dromdelgan, maner' de
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: Jac. I 9
1609
Dromdelgan
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: Jac. I 9
1623
Dromedeligne al' Thornebacke, vil' et ter' de
Ric' Shee Mil' (cf. Buaile Uí Shé / Boolyshea sa p. céanna)
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: Jac. I 40
1629
Drumdelgeny, maner' de
Walter' Lawless, Gawran
Inq. Lag. Leathanach: Car. I 23
1659
Thorne backe
Thorne backe; Chappell; Troyeswood
Cen. Leathanach: 431
1839
Druim Deilgneach
"i.e., the Thorny Ridge or Hillock"; "There is a holy well called Tobar a Chroinn, i.e., the Well of the Tree"
LSO Leathanach: CC ii 25/77
1839
Druim Deilgneach or Thornback
"...[Clashycrow] is the fourth Church to which we find a Castle attached along this side of the River Nore, viz., Rathbay, Bawn-o'n-Duach, Clashycrow and Druim Deilgneach or Thornback in St. Canice." [OD]
LSO Leathanach: CC i, 68/205
1842
Thornback
3 nó 4 tigh
SO 6" Leathanach: E1, 14
1903
Thornback School
SO 6" Leathanach: E2, 14
1905
Dhrime-Dhilignach (Druim-Deilgneach)
"By Irish speakers Thornback is called Dhrime-Dhilignach (Druim-Deilgneach), that is, the Thorny Back [of the Hill]."
Carrigan Leathanach: III, 194

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