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

Glossary

English cairn, pile of rocks
droim, drom
English ridge

Hierarchy

county

barony

civil parish

Explanatory note

  • Gaeilge

    ridge of (the) cairns, piles of rocks
    An focal droim(m) a bheith neodrach sa tSean-Ghaeilge is cúis leis an urú anseo

  • English

    ridge of (the) cairns, piles of rocks
    The eclipsis here is due to the word droim(m) being neuter in Old Irish

Centrepoint

53.9829, -7.88901latitude, longitude
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Historical references

Nóta
Nóta
n/a
"Pinkman: Druim gcarn = Ridge of the Cairns or funeral mounds. For the eclipsis compare Drumgane above and Joyce, Place-names, Vol. III, page 8."
Nóta
1621
Dromgraine
CPR Leathanach: 530b
<s>1631<s>
<s>?Dromagorne <s>
<s>Dromadorn, p:Cloone, b:Mohill<s>
Inq. Leathanach: 176
1834
Drumgarn
TAB Leathanach: 44, Nóta: (61:16/16) recap.
1836
Drumgarn
Rec. Name:AL
1836
Drumgarn
BS:AL
1836
Drungar
CM:AL
1836
Drumgrana
S&V:AL
1836
Druim na g-carn
'ridge of the carns,' [nó] Druim grána, 'ugly ridge'
OD:AL
1836
Drumgarn
OD:AL

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