Dún Draighin/Dundrean

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Hierarchy

townland

Dún Draighin

genitive: Dhún Draighin

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(Irish)

Dundrean

(English)

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Glossary

dún, dúnaibh

English fort

draighean, draighneán, draighneach

English blackthorn

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Inis Eoghain Thiar/Inishowen West

municipal district

Inis Eoghain/Inishowen

civil parish

An Bheart/Burt

electoral division

Baile na nÉan/Birdstown

Centrepoint

55.0478, -7.35543latitude, longitude

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Historical references

1130c	Dún Druing i n-Inis Éogain Cóic mc Áeda Oirdnide: Niall Kaille, Maíl Dúin a quo Síl Máela Dúin for Úib Echdach, Fogartach a quo Cináed mc mc Máel Ogra i Fininne, Blaithmac a quo Úi Duib Enaich, Máel Kalland con-gaib Dún Druing i n-Inis Éogain.	Rawlinson Gen. 773 Genealogies from Rawlinson B 502 Ar fáil: http://celt.ucc.ie/published/G105003/index.html
1621	Dundrine	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: J I 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1621	Dundreine	Inq. Ult. Leathanach: J I 11 Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae asservatarum Repertorium Áit foilsithe: Dublin, Bliain: 1829
1654	Bondreene	CS III Leathanach: 10 Civil Survey III. Counties of Donegal, Londonderry and Tyrone. (ed. Simington, 1937) Bliain: 1654
1660	Dundrien	BSD (DG) Books of Survey and Distribution (Co. Donegal)
1660c	Dun Droighin Coicc mic Aedha oirdnide .i. Niall caille, ri Erenn, et Mael duin (dia ta sil Maile duin for ibh Eachach), et Fogartach (dia ta Cionaeth mac Mail odra a Finnine), et Blatmac (o tait muinter Duibenaigh), et Mael callann (dian ferann dun Droighin i nd-inis Eoghain)	O Clery BGen. Leathanach: 31 'The O Clery Book of Genealogies' (ed. Pender. Analecta Hibernica 18: 1951) Bliain: 1660C
1665	Dondryen	HMR Hearth Money Roll
1669	Drumdryne alias Drumadreene alias Dundreane	Chic. Pat. 135 'confirmation of the Chichester Patents enrolled 1669', in R. M. Young, Historical Notices of Old Belfast and its vicinity (Belfast, 1896) lgh. 127-138.
1740	Dondrein	Protestant Householders 23 Names of 14,400 Protestant householders for parts of the counties of Londonderry, Donegal, Antrim, Armagh and Tyrone taken from the returns to the Irish House of Commons concerning religion. 1740. (P.R.O., Dublin bundle 75 of Parliamentary religious returns). 147 pages of typescript. Ar fáil: https://virtualtreasury.ie/item/PRONI-T808-15258
1753	Drundreen the quarter land of Drundreen	CGn. 154.588.107497; Benson and others to Sran and others: Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1760	Drumdryne other Drumadreene othere Dundreane	CGn. 268.212.169616 Clárlann na nGníomhas/Registry of Deeds Nóta: Tagraítear d'imleabhar, leathanach, gníomhas./Reference to volume, page, deed.
1767-1770	Dundrain	Crow Inishowen Plans of the Earl of Donegall's estates in the barony of Inishowen, Co. Donegal, surveyed and measured by James Crow. 1767-1770 Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) D835/1/1
1801	Dundrain	McCrea DG William Mc Crea, A Map of County Donegal, 1801 Nóta: Cóip san Oifig Logainmneacha, Bliain foilsithe: 1801
1805	Dundrane	Chic. Survey A survey of the estate of Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester in the barony of Ennishowen, Co. Donegal and in the liberties of Londonderry, by Sherrards and Brassington. NLI 21.F. 19
1828	Dundrain	TAB 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.
1835	Dun draoighin, Dun dréne	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
2020	Dún Droighin '(Fort of the thorn tree) In *Inis Eoghain, DL; Prob tl. Dundrean, p. Burt. b. Inishowen W.'	FSÁG Foclóir Stairiúil Áitainmneacha na Gaeilge/Historical Dictionary of Gaelic Placenames. Eag. P. Ó Riain, D. Ó Murchadha & K. Murray (2003-)

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