Droim Leathchaoin/Drumlaheen

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Droim Leathchaoin

genitive: Dhroim Leathchaoin

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(Irish)

Drumlaheen

(English)

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Glossary

droim, drom

English ridge

leath, leith

English half, side

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Liatroim/Leitrim

civil parish

Fíonach/Fenagh

Explanatory note

English

ridge of (the) smooth side(s)?

Centrepoint

54.0232, -7.87145latitude, longitude

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Historical references

		Nóta Nóta eolais
		Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Druim-leath-chaoin = Half beautiful ridge, that is half wild, or waste, and half cultivated. This is beside the parish church of Fenagh, and was formerly Termon land. “A nDruim-Leachaoin dam agus m[é] tuirseach.” “I am in Drumlaheen and I am weary.” David O’Duigenan (died 1706) “on of the best transcribers of his day.” Quoted by Father Paul Walsh, I.E.. March 1921. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory: Aroddy/Cuillagh./Drumlaheen Crannóg. In deep water at the centre of the triangular S part of Drumlaheen Lough (42). Enclosure. ‘Crockaun.’ On top of a hillock in an undulating landscape (147). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1620	Drumlaghin	Inq. Leathanach: 142 Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hibe Teideal iomlán: Ionchoisní ar chearta sheilbhe talaimh nó ar chiontacht (16ú-18ú haois) atá iontu -- leabhair agus LSS. Foilsíodh mar leabhair ionchoisní Chúige Laighean (1826) (=Inq. Lag.) agus Chúige Uladh (1829) (=Inq. Ult.) (Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium I. II). Ní mhaireann na bunscríbhinní as a ndearnadh na cóipeanna seo.
1655	Drumlaghine	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1660c	a nDruim Leachaoin	Ir. Men of L. Leathanach: 26 Walsh, P. (1947), Irish Men of Learning.
1660c	Dromlaghin	BSD Leathanach: 45 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685	D:lahen	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1833	Drumlaheen	TAB Leathanach: 55, 57, Nóta: (61:16/12) Innéacs Tithe Composition (Applotment) Book (imleabhair lámhscríofa ó c. 1830 atá ar coimeád sa Chartlann Náisiúnta) Bliain: 1824–40, Nóta: Go minic, tugtar ainm an pharóiste, nó eolas eile i gcolún na nótaí.
1836	[Drumlaheen] "…the southern end is called 'Carnpoint'…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Drimlaheen	Barbor, J.:AL Barbor, J., faisnéiseoir in AL / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Dromlaghin	DS Ref.:AL DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Druim Lathan 'the duck's back'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Druim leath-chaoin 'ridge of the beautiful half'	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Drumlahan	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Drumlaheen	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Drumlaheen	OD:AL O'Donovan (leagan Gaeilge de logainm nó nóta agus é scríofa le dúch; John O’Donovan / Seán Ó Donnabháin a scríobh de ghnáth), ex AL. A note or an Irish form of a placename in the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, usually written by John O'Donovan. Bliain: 1830-40, Bliain: 1835, Bliain: 1838
1836	Drumlahein	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Drumlahin	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838

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