Droim Giolra/Drumgilra

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Hierarchy

townland

Droim Giolra

genitive: Dhroim Giolra

(Irish)

Drumgilra

(English)

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Glossary

droim, drom

English ridge

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Maothail/Mohill

civil parish

An Chluain/Cloone

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

ridge of —
Ní léir brí giolra
English

ridge of —
The meaning of giolra is unclear

Centrepoint

53.8589, -7.79913latitude, longitude

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Archival records

Historical references

	ˌdrumˈgiːldrə , ˌdromˈgildrə
		Nóta Nóta eolais
	Cf: p: Annaduff b: Leitrim	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Pinkman Druim-ghiolla-ráith = Gilra’s or Gilray’s ridge. There are two townlands of this name in Co. Leitrim and in both cases this would appear to be the traditional interpretation…. Drumgilra, in Gortletteragh Parish, now embraces what were formerly three separate divisions – Gubroe, Parkatreenaun and Crockalissa. Drumgelreaghe, Inquisition 1631."	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory Holy well. ‘Toberearly.’ In a low-lying position beside a stream. A small overgrown hollow is marked as a holy well only on the current ed. of the OS 6-inch map (189). Rath. ‘Cruckalissa.’ At the N end of a NW-SE drumlin ridge (84)."	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"NÓM: Driom Giollanra??"	Nóta Nóta eolais
1655	"Dromgilra (and Breanos)"	DS Down Survey (Barony Maps - Hiberniae Regnum, 1654, cóipeanna a rinne an tSuirbhéireacht Ordanáis ó na bunchóipeanna i bPáras, 1908) Bliain foilsithe: 1655-7
1659	Dromgillry	Cen. Leathanach: 563 A census of Ireland, circa 1659: with supplementary material from the poll money ordinances (1660-1661), eag. S. Pender (1939) Bliain foilsithe: 1939, Údar: S. Pender, Áit foilsithe: Dublin
c1660	Dromgilra	BSD Leathanach: 22 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1667	Dromgillra	ASE Leathanach: 136 Abstracts of Grants of Lands..under the Acts of Settlement and Explanation, A.D.1666-1684 (Appendix to Fifteenth Annual Report from the Commissioners of Public Records of Ireland, 45-280; 1825) Bliain: 1666-84
1685	D:gillra	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1836	"Druim Giolla Raith, 'Gilray's ridge or long hill'"	dúch:AL Foirm Ghaeilge (go hiondúil) nó nóta i ndúch, nach léir cé a scríobh
1836	Drim Gilrea, 'Gilroy's back'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Drom giolra, 'the ridge of the hostage'	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	Drumgilra	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Drumgilra	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Drumgilra	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Drumgilra	Walsh:AL Walsh:AL
1836	Drumgilra	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Dromgillra	DS Ref.:AL DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Dromgilra	DS Map:AL Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Drimgilra	HCER 1820:AL House of Commons Education Report 1820, foinse in AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1836	Druim giolra	pl:AL Nóta nó leagan Gaeilge scríofa i bpeann luaidhe in AL/ Note or Irish form written in pencil in AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Drumgilră	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	[Drumgilra]	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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