BROWSE
townland
Droim Shiail
genitive: Dhroim Shiail
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Drumsheil
(English)

Glossary

droim, drom
English ridge

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the ridge of Sial
    Sial — ainm pearsanta arb as an sloinne Ó Siail

  • English

    the ridge of Sial
    Sial — personal name, whence the surname Ó Siail (> Shiel(ds))

Centrepoint

54.0661, -7.16405latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1609
dromkeolle
sic
MEC
1610/11
Dromsheele, 1 poll
CPR
1611
Dromsheele, 1 poll
CPR
1622
Dromsheel
Treadwell
1629
Dromsyle
Inq. Ult.
1636
Dromshile
Inq. Ult.
1652
Dromsheele
Comm. Surv.
1660c
Drumheele
BSD (Ca) Leathanach: 211
c.1700
Drumsheel
4½, Manor of Ashfield
Carvaghs Leathanach: 61
1714
Drumshel
Ashe to Clements
CGn. Leathanach: 12.368.5435
1836
Drumsheel
BS:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Dromsheel
BM:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Dromsheel
CM:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Drumsheel
List 1790 (Act of Parl.):AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Drumsheel
Clements, Col.:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Dromsheele
Commonwealth Survey:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Drumsheel
GJ Assess. 1824:AL (Ca) Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Druim shi//l
pl:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
druim shiadhail, 'Sheil's ridge'
"dorsum Sedulii" [dúch];
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Drumsheel
"Proncd Drumsheel" [dúch];
pron.:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Dromsyle
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Dromsheile
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Dromshile
Inq. C I:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Drumsheile
OD:AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
Drumsheil
OD (corr.):AL Leathanach: Ca030,34
1836
druim shi//l
pron.:AL

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