Drumcrow

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| type = townland

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| translit_lang1 = Irish

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| translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ga|Droim Cró}}

| translit_lang1_type1 = Meaning:

| translit_lang1_info1 = "Bloody ridge"

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| subdivision_type = Sovereign state

| subdivision_name = United Kingdom

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = County Londonderry

| subdivision_type3 = Barony

| subdivision_name3 = Loughinsholin

| subdivision_type4 = Civil parish

| subdivision_name4 = Kilcronaghan

| leader_title = Council

| leader_name = Mid Ulster District

| leader_title1 = Ward

| leader_name1 = Tobermore

| established_title = Plantation grant

| established_date = Vintners Company

| established_title1 = First recorded

| established_date1 = 1613

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| area_total_acre = 109.05

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Drumcrow ({{IPA|en|ˌdrömˈkroː|label=locally|generic=yes}}, {{etymology|ga|Droim Cró|bloody ridge}}) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north of the parish with the Moyola River running along its northern boundary. It is bounded by the townlands of; Drumballyhagan, Drumballyhagan Clark, Drumconready, Kirley Lisnamuck, Moneyshanere, and Moybeg Kirley. It was apportioned to the Vintners company.

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District. It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.

Etymology

Drumcrow is suggested to derive its name from the Irish Droim Cró, meaning "bloody ridge". This is based upon the context of earlier forms of the name, which suggested the use of the noun cró, which means "blood, gore". An early Irish poem makes mention of a Droim Cró (now Drumcree) in County Westmeath, which was the site of a battle with the editor remarking that the final element of the name meant "blood, gore". Ridges where an ideal defence-attack position, where the defender could rain missiles upon an enemy that had to climb uphill, and quickly take up an offensive position with a downhill charge.

History

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1841

| 37

1851

| 33

1861

| 45

1871

| 39

1881

| 30

1891

| 26

1901

| 23

1911

| 25

1926

| 16

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|+ Size (acres, roods, poles)

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1851

| 108, 0, 23

1881

| 108, 0, 23

1901

| 108, 0, 23

1926

| 110, 2, 5

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1613

| Drum Crowor

1622

| Drom Crow

1654

| Drumcrow

1659c

| Drumcrow

1661

| Half Dromcrow

1663

| Drumero

1813

| Half Drumcro

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See also

References

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[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=20&mno=239&pageseq=53 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27]

[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=396&pageseq=15 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241]

[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=434&pageseq=696 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698]

[http://www.placenamesni.org/resultdetails.php?entry=19221 Place Names NI - Drumcrow]

Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry

Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 121. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}

{{Cite web |url=http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |accessdate=27 January 2012 |author=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |title=NIEA Map Viewer |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |archivedate=24 November 2011 |df= }}

[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=ballymacilcurr&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&treestate=expandnew&titlepos=0&mno=450&tocstate=expandnew&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=367 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35]

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Category:Townlands of County Londonderry

Category:Civil parish of Kilcronaghan

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