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Droim Lomáin

genitive: Dhroim Lomáin

non-validated name

(Irish)

Drumlumman

(English)

Glossary

droim

(also: drom)

ridge

Glossary of words commonly found in Irish placenames »

Explanatory note

Gaeilge

ridge of (the) bare tree; the ridge of Lomán
Ní léir cé acu an t-ainm pearsanta Lomán nó an t-ainmfhocal lomán, a bhfuil bríonna éagsúla leis, atá sa dara heilimint
English

ridge of (the) bare tree; the ridge of Lomán
It is unclear whether the second element represents the personal name Lomán or the noun lomán; the latter word has several meanings

Archival records

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Text records

1609	Drumloman	· Inq. Ult. App. , [lxxv]
1657	Dromloman	· DS (P)	Paróiste Kilmore. Tá an áit seo suite i "Protestant Landes (sic)" sa ghnáth DS.
1709	Dromloman	· Carvaghs
1709	Parish of Dromloman	· Carvaghs, 35
1836	Dromloman	· Coote Co. Survey:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumloman Ph	· Pop. Rep. 1821:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon V.	· Beauf. Mem.:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon V.	· Beaufort:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dromloman	· Eccl. Annals 1626:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon V.	· Irish Eccl. Reg. 1824:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dromlomman	· Archdall:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon V.	· Carlisle Top Dic:AL, Ca022,1	["V"="Vicarage"];
1836	Dromloman	· Old MS (Proprietors):AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dromloman	· Carvaghs List 1699:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dr[.]m (back or ridge) lom (lean)	· dúch:AL, Ca022,1	"From the hilly nature of the ground and poverty of the soil. This seems the most probable derivation" [dúch]; "It is not: for the name is not Druim Lom but Druim Lomain" [OD Nóta];
1836	Druim lomain	· dúch:AL, Ca022,1	"Dorsum Sti Lomani" [dúch];
1836	Dromlumhan	· dúch:AL, Ca022,1	"According to some traditions, Dromlumhan from St Lumhan, who was a nephew of St Patrick and Bishop of Trim in Co. Meath who it is said consescrated a burial place here on his return to Trim from visiting some of the northern counties" [dúch]; "(Both derivations are local)" [dúch]; "Yes, but one is conjectural, the other traditional" [OD Nóta];
1836	Dromlomon	· BM:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlomon	· CM:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon	· BS:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dromloman	· Inq. C I:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dromloman	· Inq. J I:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Dromloman	· DS:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon	· HCER 1826:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlomman	· Co. Table:AL, Ca022,1
1836	Drumlummon V.	· Seward Top. Hib.:AL, Ca022,1

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