Droim Luifin/Drumliffin Glebe

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Droim Luifin

genitive: Dhroim Luifin

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(Irish)

Drumliffin Glebe

(English)

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Glossary

droim, drom

English ridge

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

barony

Liatroim/Leitrim

civil parish

Cill Tachúrc/Kiltoghert

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

the ridge of —
luifin < luibh?
English

the ridge of the shrubbery
luifin < luibhthen < luibh +then, 'herb, plant'?

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53.9924, -8.00261latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	Drumliffin ˌdromˈlifən	Áit. Fianaise áitiúil, ar théip go hiondúil, ar coimeád i gcartlann an Bhrainse Logainmneacha. Bliain: 1952-
	[Nóta OD]	Nóta Nóta eolais
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n/a	"Pinkman: Druim-luibhean = Ridge of the herbs. Luibh denotes any herb, and luibhean is a form of the genitive case. The name was attached to places that were particularly remarkable for the smaller vegetable productions. Compare Drumliff in Cavan and Fermanagh, Druim-luibh (Joyce). This place is beside the Catholic Church in Gowel. "	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory Rath. On top of a low N-S drumlin ridge (85). Earthwork (site). In pasture towards the top of a SE-facing slope at the S end of a N-S drumlin ridge… Described locally as a fort with a ring of bushes which was removed c.1950 (165). "	Nóta Nóta eolais
1655	Dromlusen	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	Drumluffen	BSD Leathanach: 41 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1685	D:luffin	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1835	Drumliffin	TAB (60:16/10) innéacs Leathanach: 71, 73, 177, Nóta: (60:16/10) innéacs Tithe Applotment Books (60:16/10) innéacs
1836	Drumliffen Glebe	BS:AL Boundary Surveyor c. 1830 as AL / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebooks. Bliain: 1830
1836	Drumliffan Glebe	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Druim-libhinn, 'the back of the herds'	Mc Donough, I.:AL Mc Donough, I., faisnéiseoir in AL
1836	Drumliffen Glebe	Jones:AL Mr. Jones in AL P.Ballymakenny, Lú Bliain: 1836
1836	Drumliffen	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Drumliffin	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Drumluffen	DS Ref.:AL DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Drumluffin	DS Map:AL Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Druim luibhfinn, 'ridge of the fair herbs'	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	Drumliffin "See Donegal, Inishowen."	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	[Drumliffin] D. Luibhin? "It contains …an old fort…"	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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