Drumlish

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in Drumlish and its surrounding townlands.{{cite report | url = https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Longford-Manual-(1996)-0030.pdf | publisher = Office of Public Works | title = Record of Monuments and Places - County Longford | date = 1996 | page = 5 | access-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 19 September 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210919223108/https://www.archaeology.ie/sites/default/files/media/pdf/Archaeology-RMP-Longford-Manual-(1996)-0030.pdf | url-status = live }} The remains of a portal tomb, known as the Melkagh Dolmen, lie approximately 2 km north of the village.{{cite web | url = http://longford.ie/Community/Towns-Villages/Drumlish/ | publisher = Longford County Council | website = longford.ie | title = Towns & Villages - Drumlish | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 21 June 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190621095339/http://longford.ie/Community/Towns-Villages/Drumlish/ | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/215182/a-history-of-drumlish.html | publisher = Longford Leader | website = longfordleader.ie | title = A History of Drumlish | date = 13 September 2016 | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201205217/https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/215182/a-history-of-drumlish.html | url-status = live }}{{cite journal | jstor = 25516197 | title = Excavation of the Portal Tomb Site at Melkagh, Co. Longford | date = 1997 | pages = 195–244 | last1 = Cooney | first1 = Gabriel | last2 = MacCurtain | first2 = Brian | last3 = Keeley | first3 = Valerie | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature | volume = 97C | issue = 4 }}

{{anchor|Baltimore}}In 1621, King James I granted Sir George Calvert two tracts of land in the plantation of Longford, one around "Ulfeed" (now Elfeet near Newtowncashel) and the other around "Dromlish" (corresponding to the modern townlands of Drumlish, Barragh Beg, Barragh More, Derawley, Greagh, Cartrongolan, Oghil, and EnybegsPlacenames Database of Ireland "Historical references" for year 1629 for:

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33128 Drumlish] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192654/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33128 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Dromlish";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33231 Barragh Beg] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192653/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33231 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Barrowbegg";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33232 Barragh More] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192749/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33232 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Barrow-more";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33235 Derawley] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192751/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33235 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Dorrowle";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33237 Greagh] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192655/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33237 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Greaghmore" and "Greaghisshell";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33239 Oghil] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192752/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33239 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Moneoghill" and "Garveoghill";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33236 Enybegs] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192709/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33236/ |date=20 June 2022 }} "Ihanaghbegg";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1418328 Corlea] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192656/https://www.logainm.ie/en/1418328 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Corlea";

[https://www.logainm.ie/en/33234 Cartrongolan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620192657/https://www.logainm.ie/en/33234 |date=20 June 2022 }} "Cartavomy";). The tracts comprised the manor of Ulfeed with Calvert as lord of the manor.{{cite book |last1=Farrell |first1=James P. |title=History of the county Longford |date=January 1894 |publisher=Dalcassian |pages=109, 111 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q87LDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 |language=en |access-date=4 January 2021 |archive-date=26 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210926220333/https://books.google.com/books?id=q87LDwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA110&ots=QINuw9aVjJ&pg=PA109 |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Lyttleton |first1=James |title=The manor houses of the 1st Lord Baltimore in an English Atlantic World |journal=Post-Medieval Archaeology |date=2 January 2017 |volume=51 |issue=1 |pages=43–61 |doi=10.1080/00794236.2017.1291232|s2cid=165068202 }} In 1625 the Drumlish tract was separated from Ulfeed into the manor of Baltimore, and Calvert was promoted to the Peerage of Ireland, taking the title Baron Baltimore after the manor.{{multiref|

{{cite book |title=Calendar of the patent and close rolls of chancery in Ireland |editor-last=Morrin |editor-first=James |date=1863 |publisher=A. Thom for HMSO |url=https://archive.org/details/calendarpatenta00changoog/page/n41/ |pages=36–37 }}|

{{cite web |url=https://virtualtreasury.ie/item?isadgReferenceCode=NAI%20Lodge%2F5%2F5 |title=Patent to Sir George Calvert of land in Longford |id=NAI Lodge/5/5 |work=Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland |date=11 March 1625 |access-date=28 June 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230822211759/https://virtualtreasury.ie/item?isadgReferenceCode=NAI%20Lodge%2F5%2F5 |url-status=live }}

}} He later sold the land without having planted any English settlers there.

Close to the village of Drumlish is a late-18th to early-19th century mill complex, which operated as a corn milling business until the 1950s.{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13302002/rodgers-corn-mill-drumlish-county-longford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Rodgers Corn Mill, Drumlish, County Longford | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201205220/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13302002/rodgers-corn-mill-drumlish-county-longford | url-status = live }} Within the village is a monument to a local Land War resistance movement which, in 1881, successfully prevented the forced eviction of a number local tenants.{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13302004/land-war-monument-drumlish-county-longford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Land War Monument, Drumlish, County Longford | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201205222/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13302004/land-war-monument-drumlish-county-longford | url-status = live }}

The village has grown in population significantly from the late 20th to the early 21st century, with an increase from 275 inhabitants as of the 1991 census to 429 by the 2006 census, and doubling again to 931 people as of the 2016 census.{{cite web | url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/longford/0378__drumlish/ | publisher = | website = City Population | title = Drumlish (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201211249/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/longford/0378__drumlish/ | url-status = live }}

Businesses in Drumlish serve the surrounding hinterland, and there are a number of shops, a Garda station, post office, and other services.{{cite report | url = http://www.longfordcoco.ie/Services/Planning/Previous-Plans-County-Town-Local-Area-/Previous-Local-Area-Plans/Drumlish/ | publisher = Longford County Council | title = Drumlish Local Area Plan 2006-2012 | date = June 2006 | quote = Drumlish is a service centre for the [..] surrounding rural area [..] having a number of supermarkets, a butcher, a filling station [..] a number of pubs and restaurant facilities within the village. There is a credit union | access-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201234454/http://www.longfordcoco.ie/Services/Planning/Previous-Plans-County-Town-Local-Area-/Previous-Local-Area-Plans/Drumlish/ | url-status = live }}{{cite web | url = https://www.garda.ie/en/Contact-Us/Station-Directory/Drumlish.html | publisher = Garda Síochána | website = garda.ie | title = Station Directory - Drumlish | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201234447/https://www.garda.ie/en/Contact-Us/Station-Directory/Drumlish.html | url-status = live }} The local Roman Catholic church, St Mary's, was built in 1907.{{cite web | url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13302005/st-marys-roman-catholic-church-drumlish-county-longford | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Drumlish, County Longford | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201234452/https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/13302005/st-marys-roman-catholic-church-drumlish-county-longford | url-status = live }} Drumlish national (primary) school, also named St Mary's, had an enrollment of more than 200 pupils as of 2019.{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=16665S | publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title = Find a School - St Mary's Drumlish | archiveurl = https://archive.today/20200201234227/https://www.education.ie/en/find-a-school/School-Detail/?roll=16665S | archivedate = 1 February 2020 }}

A music festival, the "Marquee in Drumlish", has been held annually in the village since 2009 and has hosted acts such as Nathan Carter, Ray Lynam, Mundy, Sharon Shannon, and Damien Dempsey.{{cite web | url = https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/438219/four-nights-of-fantastic-music-in-store-at-the-marquee-in-drumlish-festival.html | publisher = Longford Leader | website = longfordleader.ie | title = Four nights of fantastic music in store at the Marquee in Drumlish festival | date = 15 August 2019 | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | quote = The Marquee in Drumlish festival celebrates ten years hosting the event | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201234452/https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/home/438219/four-nights-of-fantastic-music-in-store-at-the-marquee-in-drumlish-festival.html | url-status = live }}{{cite web|url = http://www.themarqueeindrumlish.ie/ | publisher = The Marquee In Drumlish | website = themarqueeindrumlish.ie | title = Marquee 2013 Lineup | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130711051458/http://www.themarqueeindrumlish.ie/ | archivedate = 11 July 2013 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/arts-culture-entertainment/195822/The-Marquee-in-Drumlish-2014-.html | publisher = Leitrim Observer | website = leitrimobserver.ie | title = The Marquee in Drumlish 2014 | date = 5 August 2014 | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201234448/https://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/arts-culture-entertainment/195822/The-Marquee-in-Drumlish-2014-.html | url-status = live }}{{cite web |title=18th - 21st August 2023 |url=https://www.themarqueeindrumlish.ie/ |access-date=22 August 2023 |archive-date=9 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190909132403/http://www.themarqueeindrumlish.ie/ |url-status=live }}

Bus Éireann route 463 (Carrigallen–Longford) serves Drumlish on Mondays.{{cite web | url = https://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=245 | title = Regional Services by County | publisher = Bus Éireann | accessdate = 30 July 2019 | archive-date = 20 September 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200920054631/https://buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=245 | url-status = live }} The nearest rail services are from Longford railway station. There is a Local Link bus service to Longford town.

• Eddie Bohan, former senator{{cite web | url = https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/news/433194/former-longford-senator-eddie-bohan-passes-away.html | publisher = Longford Leader | website = longfordleader.ie | title = Former Longford Senator Eddie Bohan Passes Away | date = 24 July 2019 | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | quote = Bohan [..] was born on a small farm near Drumlish village | archive-date = 1 September 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190901211111/https://www.longfordleader.ie/news/news/433194/former-longford-senator-eddie-bohan-passes-away.html | url-status = live }}
• Declan Nerney, singer-songwriter{{cite web | url = https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/what-s-on/230798/party-time-in-tipp-as-declan-nerney-plays-the-times.html | publisher = Iconic Newspapers Ltd | website = tipperarylive.ie | title = Party time in Tipp as Declan Nerney plays The Times | date = 13 January 2017 | accessdate = 1 February 2020 | quote = A native of Drumlish, Co. Longford, top star Declan Nerney | archive-date = 1 February 2020 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200201210746/https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/what-s-on/230798/party-time-in-tipp-as-declan-nerney-plays-the-times.html | url-status = live }}

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