BROWSE
townland
Droim Uí Chianáin
genitive: Dhroim Uí Chianáin
non-validated name (What is this?)
(Irish)
Drumakeenan
(English)

Glossary

droim, drom
English ridge
Ó, Uí, Uíbh

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    the ridge of Ó Cianáin
    Ó Cianáin — sloinne

  • English

    the ridge of Ó Cianáin
    Ó Cianáin — surname

Centrepoint

54.0932, -7.31947latitude, longitude
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Archival records

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Historical references

1609
dromm‘kenan
MEC
1610
Dromakenan
Hill, Plantation
1652
Dromacheenan
Comm. Surv.
1660c
Drommakennon 1 Pole
BSD (Ca) Leathanach: 213
c.1700
Drumachenan
Carvaghs
1814
Drumachennan
Daonáireamh
1825
Drumakeenan
TAB
1836
Drumakeenen
BS:AL Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
Drumachenan
Printed List 1790:AL Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
Drumakeenan
["August 1825"];
TAB Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
Drumakeenan
BM:AL Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
Drumkeenan
GJ Assess. 1824:AL (Ca) Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
Druim Uí Chianáin, 'O'Keenan's ridge'
"Town of Redhills" [pl scriosta];
OD:AL Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
Drumakeenan
OD:AL Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87
1836
[Drumakeenan]
"There is a trig. station and a fort in this townland." [Desc. Rem.];
Desc. Rem.:AL Leathanach: AL_Annagh,1,87

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