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Drumlish

Coordinates: 53°49′14″N 7°46′07″W / 53.820517°N 7.768536°W / 53.820517; -7.768536
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Drumlish
Droim Lis
Village
Drumlish is located in Ireland
Drumlish
Drumlish
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°49′14″N 7°46′07″W / 53.820517°N 7.768536°W / 53.820517; -7.768536
CountryIreland
ProvinceLeinster
CountyCounty Longford
Elevation
80 m (260 ft)
Population
 (2016)[1]
931
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Eircode (Routing Key)
N39
Irish Grid ReferenceN152854

Drumlish (Irish: Droim Lis, meaning 'fort of the ridge')[2] is a village in County Longford, Ireland. It is on the R198 road 10 km (6 mi) north of Longford Town, close to the border with County Leitrim.

History

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Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort sites in Drumlish and its surrounding townlands.[3] The remains of a portal tomb, known as the Melkagh Dolmen, lie approximately 2 km north of the village.[4][5][6]

In 1621, King James I granted Sir George Calvert two tracts of land in the plantation of Longford, one around "Ulfeed" (now Elfeet near Newtowncashel) and the other around "Dromlish" (corresponding to the modern townlands of Drumlish, Barragh Beg, Barragh More, Derawley, Greagh, Cartrongolan, Oghil, and Enybegs[7][8]). The tracts comprised the manor of Ulfeed with Calvert as lord of the manor.[7][9] In 1625 the Drumlish tract was separated from Ulfeed into the manor of Baltimore, and Calvert was promoted to the Peerage of Ireland, taking the title Baron Baltimore after the manor.[10] He later sold the land without having planted any English settlers there.[9]

Close to the village of Drumlish is a late-18th to early-19th century mill complex, which operated as a corn milling business until the 1950s.[11] Within the village is a monument to a local Land War resistance movement which, in 1881, successfully prevented the forced eviction of a number local tenants.[4][12]

The village has grown in population significantly from the late 20th to the early 21st century, with an increase from 275 inhabitants as of the 1991 census to 429 by the 2006 census, and doubling again to 931 people as of the 2016 census.[1][13]

Amenities

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Businesses in Drumlish serve the surrounding hinterland, and there are a number of shops, a Garda station, post office, and other services.[14][15] The local Roman Catholic church, St Mary's, was built in 1907.[16] Drumlish national (primary) school, also named St Mary's, had an enrollment of more than 200 pupils as of 2019.[17]

A music festival, the "Marquee in Drumlish", has been held annually in the village since 2009 and has hosted acts such as Nathan Carter, Ray Lynam, Mundy, Sharon Shannon, and Damien Dempsey.[18][19][20][21]

Transport

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Bus Éireann route 463 (Carrigallen–Longford) serves Drumlish on Mondays.[22] The nearest rail services are from Longford railway station. There is a Local Link bus service to Longford town.

Notable residents

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Drumlish". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Droim Lis / Drumlish". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ Record of Monuments and Places - County Longford (PDF) (Report). Office of Public Works. 1996. p. 5. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 September 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Towns & Villages - Drumlish". longford.ie. Longford County Council. Archived from the original on 21 June 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  5. ^ "A History of Drumlish". longfordleader.ie. Longford Leader. 13 September 2016. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  6. ^ Cooney, Gabriel; MacCurtain, Brian; Keeley, Valerie (1997). "Excavation of the Portal Tomb Site at Melkagh, Co. Longford". Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. Section C: Archaeology, Celtic Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature. 97C (4): 195–244. JSTOR 25516197.
  7. ^ a b Farrell, James P. (January 1894). History of the county Longford. Dalcassian. pp. 109, 111. Archived from the original on 26 September 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
  8. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland "Historical references" for year 1629 for: Drumlish Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Dromlish"; Barragh Beg Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Barrowbegg"; Barragh More Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Barrow-more"; Derawley Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Dorrowle"; Greagh Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Greaghmore" and "Greaghisshell"; Oghil Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Moneoghill" and "Garveoghill"; Enybegs Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Ihanaghbegg"; Corlea Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Corlea"; Cartrongolan Archived 20 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine "Cartavomy";
  9. ^ a b Lyttleton, James (2 January 2017). "The manor houses of the 1st Lord Baltimore in an English Atlantic World". Post-Medieval Archaeology. 51 (1): 43–61. doi:10.1080/00794236.2017.1291232. S2CID 165068202.
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  11. ^ "Rodgers Corn Mill, Drumlish, County Longford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  12. ^ "Land War Monument, Drumlish, County Longford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Drumlish (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  14. ^ Drumlish Local Area Plan 2006-2012 (Report). Longford County Council. June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. Drumlish is a service centre for the [..] surrounding rural area [..] having a number of supermarkets, a butcher, a filling station [..] a number of pubs and restaurant facilities within the village. There is a credit union
  15. ^ "Station Directory - Drumlish". garda.ie. Garda Síochána. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  16. ^ "St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Drumlish, County Longford". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  17. ^ "Find a School - St Mary's Drumlish". education.ie. Department of Education. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020.
  18. ^ "Four nights of fantastic music in store at the Marquee in Drumlish festival". longfordleader.ie. Longford Leader. 15 August 2019. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. The Marquee in Drumlish festival celebrates ten years hosting the event
  19. ^ "Marquee 2013 Lineup". themarqueeindrumlish.ie. The Marquee In Drumlish. Archived from the original on 11 July 2013.
  20. ^ "The Marquee in Drumlish 2014". leitrimobserver.ie. Leitrim Observer. 5 August 2014. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  21. ^ "18th - 21st August 2023". Archived from the original on 9 September 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  22. ^ "Regional Services by County". Bus Éireann. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
  23. ^ "Former Longford Senator Eddie Bohan Passes Away". longfordleader.ie. Longford Leader. 24 July 2019. Archived from the original on 1 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020. Bohan [..] was born on a small farm near Drumlish village
  24. ^ "Party time in Tipp as Declan Nerney plays The Times". tipperarylive.ie. Iconic Newspapers Ltd. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 1 February 2020. Retrieved 1 February 2020. A native of Drumlish, Co. Longford, top star Declan Nerney
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