Drummully
54°8′35″N 7°18′35″W / 54.14306°N 7.30972°W
Drummully or Drumully (
The
History
The area's unusual border was ascribed in the 1920s to "some long forgotten feud between petty kings".
The Tudor conquest of Ireland proceeded by surrender and regrant, whereby a Gaelic lord would surrender sovereignty to the English monarch as monarch of Ireland, and be regranted title to the land under common law. The 1580s shiring of Ulster proceeded on that basis, with McMahon's country becoming County Monaghan, within which Dartraighe became the barony of Dartree; likewise Clann Ceallaigh became Clankelly barony in County Fermanagh. Ballyconinsi was shired with the McMahons rather than their enemies the Maguires.[12][19] Most of the Gaelic proprietors in these counties forfeited their lands after the Nine Years' War or the Rebellion of 1641.[12] In 1640, most of Ballyconinsi was owned by one Jacob Leirrey, with small tracts retaining Gaelic owners.[20]
Until 1836, a change to the 1580s boundaries would have required an
The
Drummully was inaccessible by road except through the United Kingdom. It was not policed until May 1924 when the
The prospect of Brexit has uncertain impact on the border; an "Irish backstop" to preserve an invisible border was included in the November 2018 Brexit withdrawal agreement which the UK parliament rejected in 2019; the October 2019 agreement includes a similar arrangement, subject to ratification by Westminster, subsequent EU–UK implementation agreements, and possible future termination by cross-community vote of the Northern Ireland Assembly.[42] International coverage of Brexit has often mentioned Drummully as a place especially sensitive to these issues.[43]
Statistics
Name[44] | Area[45] | Population | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ac |
ha |
1841 [46] |
1911 [45] |
2016 [47][48] | |
Annaghraw | 112 | 45 | 87 | 39 | [n 4] |
Clonfad | 248 | 101 | 142 | 46 | 0 |
Clonkeelan | 230 | 93 | 169 | 35 | 9 |
Clonlura | 137 | 55 | 108 | 42 | 17 |
Clonnagore | 166 | 67 | 102 | 46 | 22 |
Clonnestin | 173 | 70 | 115 | 24 | [n 4] |
Clonoony | 213 | 86 | 86 | 37 | [n 4] |
Clonoula | 236 | 95 | 131 | 36 | 7 |
Clonrye | 78 | 32 | 89 | 12 | 0 |
Clonshanvo | 101 | 41 | 56 | 20 | [n 4] |
Clontask | 84 | 34 | 47 | 10 | [n 4] |
Coleman | 166 | 67 | 65 | 23 | [n 4] |
Corvaghan | 170 | 69 | 89 | 28 | [n 4] |
Derrybeg | 54 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
Drumsloe | 122 | 49 | 178 | 23 | 18 |
Roranna | 136 | 55 | 80 | 25 | [n 4] |
Total | 2,377 | 962 | 1,552 | 449 | 113 |
[n 5] |
Date | Pop. | Ref. |
---|---|---|
1841 | 1,552 | [46] |
1851 | 946 | |
1861 | 957 | |
1871 | 744 | |
1881 | 661 | [49] |
1891 | 595 | |
1901 | 537 | |
1911 | 449 | [50] |
1926 | 390 | |
1936 | 366 | [51] |
1946 | 346 | |
1951 | 326 | [52] |
1956 | 279 | |
1961 | 221 | [53] |
1966 | 194 | |
1971 | 160 | [54] |
1979 | 140 | |
1981 | 128 | |
1986 | 131 | [55] |
1991 | 120 | |
1996 | 98 | [56] |
2002 | 102 | [57] |
2006 | 92 | |
2011 | 98 | [47] |
2016 | 113 | |
2022 | 136 | [58] |
Footnotes
- ^ Not to be confused with the Scottish MacDonnells who came later as gallowglasses.[11]
- ^ Also spelt Balleneconnishe,[13] Bellacunnedge, Balleconyushe, Ballycovench, or Ballycovenghe.[12]
- ^ a b These tables relate to the 16 townlands which have been in Drummully ED since 1877; before then 8 of the townlands were in Clonkeelan ED, while Drummully ED contained 23 townlands in Fermanagh.[22]
- ^ a b c d e f g h Population of either two people or one gender, not stated for privacy.
- ^ Total area of 962 ha is from 2016 census.[47] The townland areas from the 1911 census total 2424 ac 3 r 13 p (981.29 ha).[45]
References
Citations
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Mr Conlon described Connons as having a unique formation as it straddles the border with one third of it located in Co Monaghan and two-thirds of it in Co Fermanagh.
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- ^ Duffy 2012 Fig.1
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ocus for Dartraighe Coninse // und über Dartraighe Coininse (D. von der Hundsinsel)
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- ^
- "Survey of Com. Monaghan — A.D. 1591". Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium. Vol. II. Dublin: His Majesty's Printers by command. 1829. pp. xxix–xxx. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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- ^ Duffy 2012, Figs 5 and 6
- ^ "County (Ireland); (g) Donegal; Proclamation in Council, dated February 9, 1842, as to Boundaries of Counties of Donegal, Fermanagh, and Monaghan.". The Statutory Rules and Orders Revised, being the Statutory Rules and Orders (Other Than Those of a Local, Personal Or Temporary Character) in force on December 31, 1903. Vol. 2. London: HMSO. 1904. p. 33. Retrieved 27 August 2019.; "III. County tables; Ulster; Fermanagh; I. General table". Census of Ireland, 1841. Alexander Thom for HMSO. 1843. p. 331, fn. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via www.histpop.org.
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obsolete units in rural areas (electoral divisions, last used for administrative purposes in the local elections of 1914)
- ^ Local Government Board for Ireland (1921). [Forty-eighth] Annual Report [for year ending 31st March 1920]. Command papers. Vol. Cmd.1432. Dublin: HMSO. pp. ii–vii, Appendix p.38. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
- ^ e.g.:
- S.I. No. 468/2013 for "The closure of the District Court Area of Clones and the amalgamation of its Electoral Divisions [including Drummully] into the District Court Area of Monaghan"
- S.I. No. 629/2018 Drummully ED included in Ballybay–Clones LEA.
- ^ e.g.:
- S.I. No. 54/2015 "The areas ... listed in Column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations, located in the Electoral Divisions and Local Electoral Areas listed in Columns 3 and 4 of the said Schedule, opposite the mention of the relevant administrative county in Column 1 of the said Schedule are hereby prescribed to be urban areas for the purposes of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990. ... [including] Drumsloe [townland] in Drummully [ED] in Ballybay — Clones [LEA]"
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- ^ Irish Boundary Commission and Hand 1969, pp. 21, 101
- ^ Irish Boundary Commission and Hand 1969, pp. 21–22, Appendix III p. 51
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- ^ Irish Boundary Commission and Hand 1969, pp. 102–103, 110; Appendix V pp.90–92; map "North Eastern Ireland showing complexion by Religions, Census 1911"
- ^ Irish Boundary Commission and Hand 1969, p. 149
- ^ Irish Boundary Commission and Hand 1969, pp. xx–xxi
- ^ Livingstone, Peadar (1980). The Monaghan story: a documented history of the County Monaghan from the earliest times to 1976. Clogher Historical Society. p. 396.
- ^ a b Leary 2016 pp.172–177
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- Xinhua. 16 January 2019. Archived from the originalon 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
- ^ "Townlands in Drummully". Logainm.ie. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Census returns for Ireland, 1911. Vol. Province of Ulster. HMSO. 1913. p. 1119. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ a b Census of Ireland 1871 : Part I, Area, Population, and Number of Houses; Occupations, Religion and Education. Vol. III, Province of Ulster, Summary Tables, Indexes. HMSO. 1874. p. 781. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
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- ^ "Small Area Population Statistics". Census 2016. Cork: Central Statistics Office. Census 2016 population for 50,117 Townlands. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Table VII: Area,... and Population ... of each ... Townland ...". Census of Ireland 1901; Part I: Area, Houses, and Population v.3: Ulster; No.8, Monaghan. Command papers. Vol. Cd. 1123—7. 1902. p. 21.
- ^ "Census 1926 v.1 p.129 Table 11."
- ^ "Census 1946 v.1 p.128 Table 11. Population, Area and Valuation of each District Electoral Division, Urban District, and Rural District and County of Ireland (excluding the six North-Eastern Counties) at the 12th May, 1946"
- ^ "Census 1956 v.1 Table 11. Population, area and valuation of each district electoral division, urban district, rural district and county of Ireland at the 8th of April 1956. p.135 Monaghan No.41"
- ^ "Census 1966 v.1 Table 11. Population, area and valuation of each district electoral division urban district, rural district and county p.143 Monaghan No.41"
- ^ "Census 1981 v.1 Table 12 Population and Area of each District Electoral Division, Urban District, Rural District and County p.135 Monaghan No.41"
- ^ "Census 1991 v.1 p.141 Table 13 Population and area of each County, County Borough, Urban District, Rural District and District Electoral Division/Ward Monaghan No.41"
- ^ "A0106: 1996 Population Density and Area Size by Electoral Division, CensusYear and Statistic"
- ^ "Census 2006 v.1 p.118 Table 6 Population and area of each Province, County, City, urban area, rural area and Electoral Division, 2002 and 2006 Monaghan No.41"
- ^ "Census Mapping: Electoral Divisions: Drummully". CSO. Retrieved 4 October 2023.
Sources
- Duffy, Patrick J. (1981). "The Territorial Organisation of Gaelic Landownership and its Transformation in County Monaghan, 1591-1640". Irish Geography. 14: 1–26. ISBN 9780992746605. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- Irish Boundary Commission; Hand, Geoffrey J. (1969). Report of the Irish Boundary Commission, 1925. Shannon: Irish University Press. ISBN 978-0-7165-0997-4– via Internet Archive.
- Leary, Peter (2016). Unapproved Routes: Histories of the Irish Border, 1922–1972. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780191084324. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
Further reading
- Durnford, Edward (1990). "Parish of Drummully, County Fermanagh". In Day, Angélique; McWilliams, Patrick (eds.). Parishes of Co. Fermanagh 1, 1834–5 Enniskillen and Upper Lough Erne. ISBN 9780853893592.
External links
- Census 2016: Drummully — Small Area Population Statistics from Central Statistics Office
- Geohive map centred on Drummully – zoomable and with historical layers from Ordnance Survey Ireland