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Comté de Fermanagh

Localité

Drumard

142

Registres de recensement

29

Foyers

2

Années de recensement

1901 Recensement
Personnes
79
Foyers
15
1911 Recensement
Personnes
63 -20.3%
Foyers
14 -6.7%

À propos

Drumard is a small townland located in County Fermanagh in the northwest of Northern Ireland, situated within the historic province of Ulster. The landscape of the region is characterized by the rolling hills and drumlin topography typical of much of Fermanagh, with the area forming part of the broader agricultural and rural countryside that defines this part of the county. The townland, like many others in Fermanagh, would have developed along traditional rural settlement patterns, with scattered farmsteads and holdings distributed across the landscape. The region's geography is notably influenced by its proximity to various water features, including lakes and streams that have shaped both the landscape and patterns of settlement over centuries.

The history of Drumard, like much of Fermanagh, is interwoven with the broader historical narratives of Ulster and Ireland. The townland system itself represents a legacy of Anglo-Norman and later English administrative organization imposed upon the Irish landscape, with the townlands typically dating their formal designation to the seventeenth century and the subsequent surveys and plantations of Ulster. The area would have witnessed the transitions and upheavals characteristic of early modern Irish history, including land redistribution and changes in settlement patterns during periods of plantation and colonization.

As a rural townland, Drumard's significance lies primarily in its role as part of the agricultural and community fabric of County Fermanagh. Like many small townlands in the county, it represents an important unit of local identity and organization within the broader parish and townland system that continues to structure rural Irish geography and community belonging. The townland names themselves, many derived from Irish language roots, carry cultural and historical meaning that connects present residents to the deeper history of the landscape they inhabit.

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Paroisse

Enniskillen

Comté

Fermanagh

Baronnie

Magheraboy

Valuation Office Records

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

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

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

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Détails

Anglais
Drumard
Paroisse
Enniskillen
Baronnie
Magheraboy
Comté
Fermanagh