BROWSE
townland
Na Dromanna
genitive: na nDromanna
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Drummans
(English)

Glossary

droim, drom
English ridge

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the ridges
    dromanna — foirm an ainmnigh iolra de dromainn

  • English

    the ridges
    dromanna — nominative plural of dromainn

Centrepoint

54.4054, -8.31259latitude, longitude
Irish Grid (with letter)
Computing...
Irish Grid (without letter)
Computing...
Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM)
Computing...

Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
"Cf. Ao, BÁC, Mu, FM, Do P: Killasnet b: Rosclogher P: Inismhagrath b: Drumahaire "
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Dromáin = Hill ridges. Drummans is the English for the Irish plural. "
Nóta
"Arch. Inventory: Earthwork (site). On a hillock on the floor of a S-N valley with the S-N Duff stream immediately to W (165). Church (site). ‘Conwal Burial Gd.’ In a low-lying position on the floor of Gleanade valley. Identified as the site of an RC church in 1790…A grave-cover bearing the date ‘1722’ and the carving of an animal known as the ‘Dobhar Chu; kies within the graveyard, and there is a record of a holy well (179). "
Nóta
1622
Dromons
CPR Leathanach: 536b
1622
Dromon
CPR Leathanach: 536b
1660c
Dromeny
BSD Leathanach: 37
1661
Droman
Inq. Leathanach: 187
1817
Drumons
Larkin Leathanach: 1, 10, 96 (59:16/1)
1835?
Drummins
TAB
1836
Drumons
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Drumons
'a man's name'
Quinn, E.:AL
1836
Drummons
CM:AL
1836
Na dromanadha
pl:AL
1836
Na Droman:adha
'the ridges'
OD:AL
1836
Drummans
OD:AL
1836
[Drummans]
"…a Danish fort…"
Desc. Rem.:AL
2010
ˌdromənz
Áit.

Please note: Some of the documentation from the archives of the Placenames Branch is available here. It indicates the range of research contributions undertaken by the Branch on this placename over the years. It may not constitute a complete record, and evidence may not be sequenced on the basis of validity. It is on this basis that this material is made available to the public.

Archival and research material provided on this site may be used, subject to acknowledgement. Issues regarding republication or other permissions or copyright should be addressed to logainm@dcu.ie.

Open data

Application programming interface (API)

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
API key required to access data
More about the Logainm API

Linked Logainm

Formats: RDF | RDF N3 | RDF JSON | RDF XML

Operated by Digital Repository of Ireland
More about Linked Logainm