Drumreilly

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Drumreilly is a

Dromahaire, County Leitrim and partly in the barony of Tullyhaw, County Cavan
.

Drumreilly Church of Ireland

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, where it is spelled Dromma Airbelaig.[1]

History

The parish is in an area originally called

Conmhaícne 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.[2]

Townlands

The townlands of Drumreilly civil parish in County Leitrim are:

The townlands of Drumreilly civil parish in County Cavan are:

References

  1. ^ "Droim Oiríolaigh/Drumreilly". Logainm.ie.
  2. ^ "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