Droim Cró/Drumcrow

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Hierarchy

townland

Droim Cró

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(Irish)

Drumcrow

(English)

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Glossary

droim, drom

English ridge

Hierarchy

county

Dún na nGall/Donegal

barony

Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh/Raphoe North

municipal district

Leifear–Srath an Urláir/Lifford–Stranorlar

civil parish

Teach Baoithín/Taughboyne

electoral division

An Fhaiche Ghlas/Feddyglass

Explanatory note

English

ridge of (the) animal-enclosure; ridge of (the) blood, gore

Centrepoint

54.8809, -7.51836latitude, longitude

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Historical references

-		Nóta Nóta eolais
1577c	Ua Domhnaill Droma Cró [?]	Poems Giolla Brighde Poems Giolla Brighde
1823c	Drumcrow	PR COI (DG) P1091.5.1 Taughboyne Vestry Book; Leathanach scaoilte le liosta bailte fearainn. Ní luaitear dáta leis, ach é curtha isteach idir leathanaigh a bhaineann le 1823 Taifid Pharóiste de chuid Eaglais na hÉireann do Chontae Dhún na nGall. Church of Ireland Parish Records for County Donegal. Le fáil sa Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) agus Representative Church Body Library (RCBL)
1823c	Drumcrow	PR COI (DG) P1091.5.1 Taughboyne Vestry Book; ....that the parish be divided into three districtd and an overseer be chosen from each district Taifid Pharóiste de chuid Eaglais na hÉireann do Chontae Dhún na nGall. Church of Ireland Parish Records for County Donegal. Le fáil sa Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) agus Representative Church Body Library (RCBL)
1826	Drimchroe	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.
1830	Drumcroe	PR P (DG) MIC1P/183/1 Raphoe Presbyterian Baptisms Taifid Pharóiste de chuid na bPreispitéireach do Chontae Dhún na nGall. Presbyterian Parish Records for County Donegal. Le fáil sa Public Records Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
1835	Drumchro	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1835	Druim chró 'ridge of the pen or fold'	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
1835	Drom Cruadh 'the hard back'	Irish Derivation:AL Irish Derivation, foinse in AL / Source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks.
1835	Drumcrow	Bowen, Ed., Rev.:AL (DG) Bowen, Ed., Rev., faisnéiseoir in AL, Teach Baoithín, Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh, Co. Dhún na nGall / informant in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks, Taughboyne, Raphoe North, Co. Donegal.
2020	Druim Cró '(Dr of hut/blood?) Perh. tl Drumcrow, p Taughboyne b. Raphoe'	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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