Drumcrow

Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

54°49′12″N 6°43′41″W / 54.820°N 6.728°W / 54.820; -6.728Sovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryNorthern IrelandCountyCounty LondonderryBaronyLoughinsholinCivil parishKilcronaghanPlantation grantVintners CompanyFirst recorded1613Government

• CouncilMid Ulster District • WardTobermoreArea

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• Total109.05 acres (44.13 ha)Irish grid refH818977

Drumcrow (locally [ˌdrömˈkroː], from Irish Droim Cró 'bloody ridge'^[2]) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north of the parish with the Moyola River running along its northern boundary. It is bounded by the townlands of; Drumballyhagan, Drumballyhagan Clark, Drumconready, Kirley Lisnamuck, Moneyshanere, and Moybeg Kirley. It was apportioned to the Vintners company.^[3]

The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.^[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.^[3]

Etymology

Drumcrow is suggested to derive its name from the Irish Droim Cró, meaning "bloody ridge". This is based upon the context of earlier forms of the name, which suggested the use of the noun cró, which means "blood, gore". An early Irish poem makes mention of a Droim Cró (now Drumcree) in County Westmeath, which was the site of a battle with the editor remarking that the final element of the name meant "blood, gore".^[2] Ridges where an ideal defence-attack position, where the defender could rain missiles upon an enemy that had to climb uphill, and quickly take up an offensive position with a downhill charge.^[2]

History

Population
Year	Pop.
1841	37 ^[5]
1851	33 ^[5]
1861	45 ^[5]
1871	39 ^[5]
1881	30 ^[5]
1891	26 ^[6]
1901	23 ^[6]
1911	25 ^[4]
1926	16 ^[4]

Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year	a, r, p
1851	108, 0, 23 ^[7]
1881	108, 0, 23 ^[5]
1901	108, 0, 23 ^[6]
1926	110, 2, 5 ^[4]

Earlier recorded forms^[8]
Year	Form
1613	Drum Crowor
1622	Drom Crow
1654	Drumcrow
1659c	Drumcrow
1661	Half Dromcrow
1663	Drumero
1813	Half Drumcro

References

^ Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 121. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
^ ^a ^b Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
^ ^a ^b ^c HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35
^ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
^ Place Names NI - Drumcrow