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Drumcase (Irish derived place name, Droim Catha meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Battle'.) is a
townland A townland ( ga, baile fearainn; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a small geographical division of land, historically and currently used in Ireland and in the Western Isles in Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of Gaelic origi ...
in the
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...
of
Kildallan Kildallan civil parish is situated in the Barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The name of the parish derives from Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of Dallán Forga ...
, barony of
Tullyhunco Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby. Location Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to t ...
,
County Cavan County Cavan ( ; gle, Contae an Chabháin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Border Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is base ...
,
Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
. It is also called Drumrath (Irish derived place name, Droim Ráth meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Fort’).


Geography

Drumcase is bounded on the north by
Cloncose Cloncose (Irish derived place name, Cluain Cuas meaning 'The Meadow of the Hollows'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It has a sub-division called Crockanroe (Irish derived place name, C ...
,
Glasstown Glasstown (Irish or English derived place name, Glas meaning 'Green' in Irish or Glaise meaning 'A Stream', Town is an Anglicisation of the Irish 'Tún', meaning "Bottom-lands" (i.e. the lowest level of the land), so the probable meaning is eithe ...
and
Gortnacleigh Gortnacleigh (Irish derived place name, either Gort na Cléithe meaning 'The Field of the Palisade’ or Gort na Cloiche meaning 'The Field of the Stone'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Irelan ...
townlands, on the east by Drumerdannan townland, on the west by
Gorteen (Gorteenagarry) Gorteen (Irish derived place name, Goirtín meaning 'The Little Field'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. It is also called Gorteenagarry (Irish derived place name, Goirtín an Gharraí ...
townland and on the south by
Clooneen Clooneen (Irish derived place name, Cluainín meaning 'The Little Meadow'.) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Geography Clooneen is bounded on the north by Drumcase townland, on the west ...
townland. Its chief geographical features are Drumcase Hill which reaches a height of 302 feet, small streams and spring wells. Drumcase is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 84 acres.


Etymology

The 1609
Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster ( gle, Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: ''Plantin o Ulstèr'') was the organised colonisation (''plantation'') of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the sett ...
Map depicts the townland as ''Dromcagh''. A government grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Dromragh''. A 1629 Inquisition spells the name as ''Dromrath otherwise called Dromcha'', ''Drumcache'' and ''Dromcache''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Dromkah''.


History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the
McKiernan Clan The surname McKiernan ( ga, Mág Tighearnán), is of Ireland, Irish origin and is found predominantly in the county of County Cavan, Cavan where it originated. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or se ...
. In the
Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster ( gle, Plandáil Uladh; Ulster-Scots: ''Plantin o Ulstèr'') was the organised colonisation (''plantation'') of Ulstera province of Irelandby people from Great Britain during the reign of King James I. Most of the sett ...
King
James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until ...
by grant dated 23 July 1610 granted the Manor of Clonyn or Taghleagh, which included one poll of Dromragh, to Sir Alexander Hamilton of
Innerwick Innerwick ( gd, Inbhir Mhuice) is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh. Name The name Innerwick is of Anglo-saxon origin and means inland farm or dwel ...
, Scotland. On 29 July 1611
Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625; known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester), of Carrickfergus in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 160 ...
and others reported that - '. An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that the poll of Dromrath otherwise called Dromcha contained five sub-divisions named ''Curardinpourt, Knockbeache, Coullan, Tawnahinfin and Largan''. It also describes the boundaries of Drumcase as- '. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states the owner was Sir Francis Hamilton and describes it as wasteland. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Drumcase''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list four tithepayers in the townland. The Drumcase Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.
Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806-1807 valuing terrain through the examinati ...
of 1857 lists four landholders in the townland. The landlord of Drumcase in the 19th century was Hugh Wallace.


Census

In the 1901 census of Ireland, there were five families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were two families listed in the townland.


Antiquities

# A foot-bridge across a stream.


References


External links


The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan