59
Registres de recensement
14
Foyers
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Années de recensement
- Personnes
- 31
- Foyers
- 6
- Personnes
- 28 -9.7%
- Foyers
- 8 +33.3%
À propos
Drumard is a small townland situated in County Leitrim in the province of Connacht in northwestern Ireland. Like many Irish townlands, it represents one of the fundamental administrative divisions of the Irish landscape, a legacy of historical land organization. The area is characterized by the rolling countryside typical of Leitrim, with a landscape shaped by agricultural use and natural topography. The townland falls within a region known for its lakes, rivers, and pastoral terrain, contributing to the broader geographic identity of County Leitrim as part of Ireland's lakeland and drumlin belt.
The history of Drumard, like much of rural Leitrim, is intertwined with the broader patterns of Irish settlement, land tenure, and agrarian life. The name itself, deriving from the Irish "droim" meaning ridge or drumlin, reflects the landscape's geological character and the Irish-language heritage of the area. The townland system, of which Drumard is a part, was formalized during various periods of English administration in Ireland, particularly during the Tudor and Stuart periods, though the pattern of settlement and land use evolved over centuries before formal administrative codification.
As a townland in modern Ireland, Drumard represents the everyday rural landscape that characterizes much of the Irish midlands and northwest. It would typically consist of several hundred acres organized around scattered farmsteads and local roads, forming part of a larger parish and electoral district structure. For the local community, townlands like Drumard serve as traditional reference points for identity and geographic orientation, even as administrative structures have evolved. The significance of such places lies not in dramatic historical events but in their role as the fundamental units of rural Irish life, community, and land management.
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- Comté
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Nom irlandais
An Droim Ard (Jones)
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Baronnie
Leitrim
- Logainm
Valuation Office Records
From the National Archives of Ireland (c. 1830s–1850s)
1 occupiers recorded in the Valuation Office Books for this townland.
Source: Valuation Office Books, National Archives of Ireland. Public records.
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