Droim Thoirc/Drumhirk

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townland

Droim Thoirc

genitive: Dhroim Thoirc

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(Irish)

Drumhirk

(English)

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Glossary

droim, drom

English ridge

Hierarchy

county

Liatroim/Leitrim

municipal district

Cora Droma Rúisc/Carrick-on-Shannon

electoral division

An Rinn/Rinn

Centrepoint

53.8831, -7.81166latitude, longitude

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Historical references

	ˌdromˈherk
		Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Cf: p: Mohill b: Mohill AM, Dn, FM, TE Gan chártaí Ca Cárta gan mholadh Mu Droim Thoirc"	Nóta Nóta eolais
n/a	"Pinkman: Druim-thuirc = Ridge of the hog."	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"Arch. Inventory Rath. At the crest of a N-S drumlin ridge (84)."	Nóta Nóta eolais
	"NÓM: Droim Thoirc"	Nóta Nóta eolais
1621	Dromherke	CPR Leathanach: 514b Calendar of Patent Rolls of James I Bliain: 1603–23, Pubref: BÁC, 1966, Teideal iomlán: Irish Patent Rolls of James I: Facsimile of the Irish Record Commission's Calendar prepared prior to 1830
1659	Drumhurke	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	Drumherke	BSD Leathanach: 24 Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
<s>c1660<s>	<s>Dromherke<s>	BSD Leathanach: <s>26<s> Books of Survey and Distribution Bliain: 1660c
1666	Dromherke	ASE Leathanach: 51:23 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	Drumhirk	Hib. Del. Hiberniæ Delineatio, William Petty Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Bliain foilsithe: 1685, Foilsitheoir: Irish University Press (1969)
1836	"Druim toirc, 'ridge of the hog or wild boar', 'dorsum apri'"	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	Drim [.]irk, 'the horn back'	Quinn, E.:AL Finné in AL
1836	Drom irce, 'the ridge of plunder'	dúch:AL Foirm Ghaeilge (go hiondúil) nó nóta i ndúch, nach léir cé a scríobh
1836	Drumhirk	Rec. Name:AL Received Name in Ainmleabhar na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis (AL) Bliain: 1830/1840idí
1836	Drumherk	S&V:AL Report from the Select Committee on the Survey and Valuation of Ireland (1824) in AL Bliain: 1830-40
1836	Drumherk	Buck, H.:AL Buck, H.:AL
1836	Drumbrik	CM:AL Grand Jury County Map ex Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain foilsithe: 1835C
1836	Drimherk	HCons PR:AL HCons. PR:AL Bliain: 1838
1836	Dromkerke	DS Ref.:AL DS (reference), foinse in AL / source in Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook:AL
1836	Drumkirke	DS Map:AL Down Survey, foinse in AL (Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis / Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook).
1836	Drumhirk	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	"[Drumhirk] ""…there is a fort near the centre of the townland…"""	Desc. Rem.:AL Descriptive Remarks; as Ainmleabhar Paróiste na Suirbhéireachta Ordanáis/from the Ordnance Survey Parish Namebook Bliain: 1830-40

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