Drumkee 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 southeast of

County Tyrone County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an admini ...

Northern Ireland Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...

. It is directly south of the area presently known as

Coalisland Coalisland () is a small town in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, with a population of 5,682 in the 2011 Census. Four miles from Lough Neagh, it was formerly a centre for coal mining. History Origins In the late 17th century coal deposits ...

Coalisland Map
Accessed July 11, 2007. and east, and slightly north, of Dungannon. It is situated in the historic

barony Barony may refer to: * Barony, the peerage, office of, or territory held by a baron * Barony, the title and land held in fealty by a feudal baron * Barony (county division), a type of administrative or geographical division in parts of the British ...

of Dungannon Middle and 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 ...

Killyman Killyman () is a small village and a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in Northern Ireland, situated on the eastern boundary of County Tyrone and extending into County Armagh. The majority of townlands are in the historic Barony (Ireland), b ...

and covers an area of 285 acres. The barony's tax records dated 1666 list two families living in Drumkee.Hearth Money Rolls of Barony of Dungannon
Accessed July 11, 2007. The name derives from the Irish: ''Druim Chaoich'' (Ridge of the Blind Man) or ''Druim Ceath'' (ridge of western aspect).

Population

The population of the townland declined during the 19th century: Drumkee presently has a population of around 150, and many of its inhabitants are relations. Surnames which appear on the 1666 list include McRory and Condson. By the mid-19th century, the name Hunter appears in Drumkee burial records.Killyman Burial Records
Accessed July 11, 2007. The surname Mullan appears in a 1910 directory of the area.Belfast and Ulster Towns Directory for 1910
Accessed July 11, 2007.

References

{{NI County Tyrone Townlands of County Tyrone Civil parish of Killyman

Population

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