Drumreilly

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 ...

is situated partly in the baronies of

Carrigallen Carrigallen () is a small village in County Leitrim, Ireland. It is located on the R201 and R203 roads in the east of the county. , the village had a population of 387. Location The village is set between the north and south shores of Town ...

and Dromahaire,

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and partly in the barony of

Tullyhaw Tullyhaw ( ga, Teallach Eathach) (which means 'The Territory of Eochaidh', an ancestor of the McGoverns, who lived ) is a Barony in County Cavan in the Republic of Ireland. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. Locate ...

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Etymology

The name of the parish derives from Drumreilly townland in the parish, which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Druim Air Belaigh'' meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Eastern Road'. The earliest surviving reference to the name is c.800 in the

Martyrology of Tallaght The ''Martyrology of Tallaght'', which is closely related to the '' Félire Óengusso'' or ''Martyrology of Óengus the Culdee'', is an eighth- or ninth-century martyrology, a list of saints and their feast days assembled by Máel Ruain and/o ...

, where it is spelled ''Dromma Airbelaig''.

History

The parish is in an area originally called Cenel Luacháin inhabited from early times by the

Conmhaícne The Conmhaícne or Conmaicne were a people of early Ireland, perhaps related to the Laigin, who dispersed to various parts of Ireland. They settled in Connacht and Longford, giving their name to several Conmaicne territories. T. F. O'Rahilly's a ...

tribe. The reference above in the Martyrology of Tallaght is to a feast day on 15 January referring to the ''Seven bishops of Dromma Airbelaig'', who probably lived in a monastery in the area in early Christian times."Drumreilly and Its Clergy, A.D. 1401-1481" by John D. Seymour, in 'The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland', Seventh Series, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Dec. 31, 1935), pp. 245-253

Townlands

The townlands of Drumreilly civil parish in County Leitrim are: * Achadh * Aghalough * Aghawillin * Aghoo * Annagh Lower * Annagh Upper * Arderry * Ardunsaghan * Aughrim * Boeeshil * Carntullagh * Cleighran Beg * Cleighran More * Coragh * Corduff * Corglass * Corgloghan * Cornacreeve * Cornageeha * Cornaguillagh * Cornamucklagh North * Cornamucklagh South * Corrala * Corralahan * Corraleehan * Corramahan * Corrawaleen * Cortober * Crockawaddy * Crockeen * Cuilmore * Cuilta * Cully * Curraghatawy * Derradda * Derreenageer * Derrinivver * Derrinwillin * Derrygoan * Derrynahona * Doochorran * Drumahira * Drumarigna * Drumconlevan * Drumcoura * Drumcullion * Drumderg * Drumdiffer * Druminalass * Drumlea * Drumnafinnila * Drumnafinnila Barr * Drumreilly * Drumristin * Eden * Fahy * Garadice * Glebe * Gortachoosh * Greaghnafarna * Greaghnaloughry * Gubs * Inishmacgrath * Keelrin * Keenheen * Kilgarriff * Killameen * Killaphort * Kilmore * Kilnacreevy * Knocks * Largandill * Leckan * Leganamer * Lisgruddy * Lislahy *

Lisroughty Lisroughty () is a townland in the civil parish of Drumreilly, Roman Catholic parish of Carrigallen, Carrigallen, County Leitrim, Ireland. Up until the Ordnance Survey of 1836 the townland was situate in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan. Ge ...

* Mullaghboy * Mullaghmore * Slievenakilla * Sradrinagh * Sradrinan * Sraloaghan * Sranadarragh * Sranagarvanagh * Stroke * Toome * Tullynahaia * Tullynapurtlin * Tullyveacan * Urbal * Urbal Barr * Whiterock The townlands of Drumreilly civil parish in County Cavan are: * Ardmoneen * Corraleehanbeg * Doon (Drumreilly) *

Garryfliugh Garryfliugh () is a townland in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Drumreilly, barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Geography Garryfliugh is bounded on the west by Doon (Drumreilly), Knockfin and Seltanahu ...

* Knockfin * Moher (Drumreilly)

References

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