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Condado de Down

Localidad

Drumgavlin

217

Registros censales

60

Hogares

2

Años del censo

1901 Censo
Personas
114
Hogares
31
1911 Censo
Personas
103 -9.6%
Hogares
29 -6.5%

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Drumgavlin is a small townland located in County Down, in the northeastern part of the island of Ireland within Northern Ireland. The townland forms part of the wider landscape of County Down, which is characterized by rolling hills, farmland, and proximity to both inland and coastal features. Like many townlands in this region, Drumgavlin reflects the typical rural settlement pattern of County Down, with scattered houses and agricultural land forming the basis of its landscape. The townland's name, like many Irish place names, likely derives from Irish language roots, with "Drum" commonly referring to a ridge or hill in the Irish topography.

County Down has a long and complex history, and Drumgavlin, as part of this county, would have been shaped by the broader historical processes that affected the region. The area has been settled for centuries, with patterns of land use, ownership, and habitation changing through the medieval period, the plantation era, and into the modern period. The townland system itself, which divides the Irish landscape into these small administrative and social units, became formalized during the Tudor and Stuart periods, though settlement patterns often reflect much older usage of the land.

As a rural townland in County Down, Drumgavlin would have been primarily defined by agricultural activity and farming families. The local community would have been closely connected through family networks, shared land use, and participation in parish life. Like many such townlands, it likely experienced significant changes through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, including emigration, shifts in agricultural practice, and the gradual modernization of rural Irish society. Today, Drumgavlin remains part of the fabric of County Down's rural heritage, representative of the many small settlements that continue to characterize the Irish countryside.

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Parroquia

Magherahamlet

Condado

Down

Baronía

Kinelarty

Valuation Office Records

From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)

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9 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.

Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.

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Detalles

Inglés
Drumgavlin
Parroquia
Magherahamlet
Baronía
Kinelarty
Condado
Down