BROWSE
townland
An Droim Rua
genitive: an Droma Rua
(Irish)
Drumroe
(English)

Glossary

droim, drom
English ridge
rua, ruadh
English red; red place

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Centrepoint

53.6856, -7.68061latitude, longitude
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Historical references

1629
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Cotton Map
1813
Drimroe
Edgeworth
1826
Drumrow
Parochial Abstracts, JACAS, II, no. 9 Leathanach: 80, 81, Imleabhar: II (9), Nóta: ‘Parochial Abstracts’
1836
Drimroe
BS:AL
1836
Drimrow
Murray, Rev.:AL
1836
Drumrow
HCER:AL
1836
Druim ruadh, “Dorsum rufum, Red ridge or long hill”
OD:AL
1836
Drimrow
Featherstone, Sir G.:AL
1908
Druim Ruadh, “red ridge”
MacGivney Leathanach: 107
2008
dromˈroː
Áit.

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