# Drummully East > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Drummully_East > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Drummully_East.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummully_East > Source revision: 1329553051 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Townland in County Cavan, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=December 2019}} '''Drummully East''' (Irish and English derived place name, Droim Mullaigh meaning ‘The Hill-Ridge of the Summit’, East meaning the eastern part of the original Drummully townland before it was sub-divided.) is a [townland](/source/townland) in the [civil parish](/source/civil_parish) of [Kildallan](/source/Kildallan), barony of [Tullyhunco](/source/Tullyhunco), [County Cavan](/source/County_Cavan), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). ==Geography== Drummully East is bounded on the north by [Drumbo (Tullyhunco)](/source/Drumbo_(Tullyhunco)) townland, on the west by [Coolnashinny](/source/Coolnashinny), [Drummully West](/source/Drummully_West) and [Mullaghmullan](/source/Mullaghmullan) townlands, on the south by [Cornaclea](/source/Cornaclea) and Shancroaghan townlands and on the east by Derrygid, [Gorteen (Gorteenagarry)](/source/Gorteen_(Gorteenagarry)) and Snakeel townlands. Its chief geographical features are Drummully Hill which reaches a height of 328 feet, Dumb Lough, the Castle River,{{Cite web |url=http://fishinginireland.info/news/pike-reports/lovely-118-cms-pike-for-french-angling-guide-at-killeshandra/ |title=Irish Angling Update » Lovely 118 CMS. Pike for French Angling Guide at Killeshandra |access-date=6 October 2018 |archive-date=25 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925220101/http://fishinginireland.info/news/pike-reports/lovely-118-cms-pike-for-french-angling-guide-at-killeshandra/ |url-status=dead }} small streams, small woods and spring wells. Drummully East is traversed by the regional [R201 road (Ireland)](/source/R201_road_(Ireland)), the local L5503 road, minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 212 acres, including 4 acres of water. ==History== From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the [McKiernan Clan](/source/McKiernan_Clan). The 1609 [Plantation of Ulster](/source/Plantation_of_Ulster) Map depicts the townland as ''Dromoligh''.{{cite web|url=http://cavantownlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1609-hi_Clonyn.jpg|title=Image: 1609-hi_Clonyn.jpg, (815 × 1286 px)|website=Cavantownlands.com|access-date=20 August 2018|archive-date=16 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916202048/http://cavantownlands.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/1609-hi_Clonyn.jpg|url-status=dead}} A government grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Dromoligh''. A 1629 Inquisition spells the name as ''Dromoligh'', ''Drommaleigh'' and ''Drumwillies''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells it as ''Dromuliig''. In the [Plantation of Ulster](/source/Plantation_of_Ulster) King [James VI and I](/source/James_VI_and_I) by grant dated 23 July 1610 granted the Manor of Clonyn or Taghleagh, which included the two polls of '''Dromoligh''' (now comprising the townlands of Drummully East, [Drummully West](/source/Drummully_West) and [Drumbagh](/source/Drumbagh)), to Sir Alexander Hamilton of [Innerwick](/source/Innerwick), Scotland.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WUepqE-K4PAC&dq=dromcartagh+hamilton&pg=PR120|title = Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium|website=Books.google.com|year = 1829}} On 29 July 1611 [Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester](/source/Arthur_Chichester%2C_1st_Baron_Chichester) and others reported that- ''{{lang|en-emodeng|Sir Alexander Hamilton, Knt, 2,000 acres in the county of Cavan; has not appeared: his son Claud took possession, and brought three servants and six artificers; is in hand with building a mill; trees felled; raised stones and hath competitent arms in readiness. Besides there are arrived upon that portion since our return to Dublin from the journey, as we are informed, twelve tenants and artificers who intend to reside there and build upon the same}}''.{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/calendarofcarewm06lambiala#page/78/mode/2up|website=Archive.org|title=Calendar of the Carew manuscripts, preserved in the archi-episcopal library at Lambeth ..|access-date=20 August 2018}} An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that ''the 2 polls called Dromoligh are otherwise called Drumwillies'' and that they contained eight sub-divisions named ''Choiscaple, Coulcovead, Leag, Ruddaghedrom, Dromacho, Drombeach, Tonerassin and Carriglas''. It also described the boundary of the townland as- ''{{lang|en-emodeng|Drommaleigh bounding upon the south to Croghin, meered thorow a greate boige, and upon the north to the Feache, meered thorowe a greate boige, and upon the west bounding to Drummenuskilan, meered by a runninge brooke}}''.{{cite book|title=Inquisitionum in Officio Rotulorum Cancellariae Hiberniae Asservatarum Repertorium|date=1829|publisher=Command of his majesty King George IV. In pursuance of an address of the house of Commons of Great Britain (an Ireland)|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=WUepqE-K4PAC&dq=disert&pg=PR120|pages=5–6|access-date=20 August 2018}} The 1652 Commonwealth Survey lists the owner as Sir Francis Hamilton. In the Hearth Money Rolls compiled on 29 September 1663''The Hearth Money Rolls for the Baronies of Tullyhunco and Tullyhaw, County Cavan'', edited by Rev. Francis J. McKiernan, in Breifne Journal. Vol. I, No. 3 (1960), pp. 247-263 there were two Hearth Tax payers in- ''Dromlhyest- Jeffry Hansly and John Dens''. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Dromully East''.{{cite web|url=http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf|date=7 October 2011|title=The Carvaghs|website=Cavanlibrary.ie|access-date=20 August 2018|archive-date=10 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220310172333/http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/The-Carvaghs-A-List-Of-The-Several-Baronies-And-Parishes-in-the-County-Of-Cavan.pdf|url-status=dead}} The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list nine tithepayers in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie/search/tab/results.jsp?county=Meath&parish=Kildallan&townland=Drummully%20East&search=Search |website=Titheapplotmentbooks.nationalarchives.ie|title=The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37|access-date=20 August 2018}} The Drummully East Valuation Office books are available for 1838.{{cite web|url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00458.pdf|title=Town of Drummully East|website=Census.nationalarchives.ie|access-date=14 December 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://census.nationalarchives.ie/search/vob/results.jsp?surname=&firstname=&year_from=&year_to=&dd_dd=&dd_mm=&dd_yyyy=&book=&county=cavan&barony=&parish=&townland=drummully+east&last_name_other_or_lessor=&first_name_other_or_lessor=&search=Search|title=Valuation Office Books|website=Census.nationalarchives.ie|access-date=14 December 2021}} There is an estate map and detailed description of Drummully East in 1849.{{cite web|url=http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/Valuation-Survey-Castle-Hamilton.pdf|title=Valuation Survey of the Castle Hamilton Estate|website=Cavanlibrary.ie|access-date=14 December 2021|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115191702/http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Library-Scanned-Docs/Valuation-Survey-Castle-Hamilton.pdf|url-status=dead}} [Griffith's Valuation](/source/Griffith's_Valuation) of 1857 lists one landholder in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml?action=doNameSearch&PlaceID=193639&county=Cavan&barony=Tullyhunco&parish=Kildallan&townland=Drummully,%20east |website=Askaboutireland.ie|title=Griffith's Valuation|access-date=20 August 2018}} Cavan Archives Service holds a lease dated 25 July 1857 (Reference No. P017/0070) which states- ''Counterpart lease made between James Bright, [Carrilidge] Square, County of Middlesex, esquire, of the first part, Catherine Isabella Dickson, Westbourne Grove, County of Middlesex, widow, of the second part, and Matthew Lough, Cavan, County Cavan, gentleman, of the third part. James, with the consent of Dickson, and by virtue of leases dated 19 February 1847 and 5 August 1847 leases to Lough that part of the town and lands of '''Drummully East''', parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, county Cavan, containing 215 acres statute measure. Lease to run for term of 31 years at annual rent of £225 sterling. Map of leased premises attached. Shows positions of buildings and fort on the property''.{{cite web|url=http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Archives/Private%20Collections.pdf|title=Small Private Collections|website=Cavanlibrary.ie|access-date=14 December 2021|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115185511/http://www.cavanlibrary.ie/file/Local-Studies/Archives/Private%20Collections.pdf|url-status=dead}} The [Public Record Office of Northern Ireland](/source/Public_Record_Office_of_Northern_Ireland) holds a Rent Account book dating from 1893 - 1924 for the tenants of James H. Dickson of Drummully East (Reference No. 'Cav D 3480add'). ==Census== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Population ! Males ! Females ! Total Houses ! Uninhabited |- | 1841 || 46 || 27 || 19 || 9 || 0 |- | 1851 || 30 || 16 || 14 || 6 || 0 |- | 1861 || 33 || 17 || 16 || 4 || 0 |- | 1871 || 20 || 15 || 5 || 3 || 0 |- | 1881 || 33 || 17 || 16 || 4 || 0 |- | 1891 || 11 || 8 || 3 || 4 || 2 |} In the [1901 census of Ireland](/source/Census_of_Ireland%2C_1901), there were ten families listed in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cavan/Killeshandra/Drummully_East/|title=National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901|author=|date=|website=Census.nationalarchives.ie|access-date=19 October 2016}} In the [1911 census of Ireland](/source/Census_of_Ireland%2C_1911), there were ten families listed in the townland.{{cite web|url= http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Cavan/Killashandra/Drummully__East/|title=National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911|author=|date=|website=Census.nationalarchives.ie|access-date=19 October 2016}} ==Antiquities== # An earthen rath. The Archaeological Survey of County Cavan (Site No. 639) states- ''Raised circular area (internal diameter 57.6 metres) enclosed by a substantial earthen bank. The outer fosse has been levelled. An earlier report (OPW 1968) described it as being wide and deep. Break in bank at SW may represent original entrance''. # The New Bridge, built 1877 by James Browne.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40401905/new-bridge-derrygid-tullyhunco-by-cavan|title=New Bridge, DERRYGID (TULLYHUNCO BY.), CAVAN|website=Buildings of Ireland|access-date=14 December 2021}} The bridge replaced an earlier bridge of the same name shown on the Ordnance Survey map of 1836. # Stepping stones across a stream # Drom Mullac House, Lodge and Convent. Built in 1860 by Arthur Lough who formed the Drummully Farm and Garden Society along with his brother [Thomas Lough](/source/Thomas_Lough). At a meeting held on the tennis-courts of the house on 3 September 1896 it was decided that this co-operative would widen its scope to include agricultural and dairy interests and thus was born the Drummully Co-operative Agricultural and Dairy Society Ltd. This meeting was attended by 1,500 people. In 1898 [Killeshandra](/source/Killeshandra) would replace Drummully in the title of the co-operative. Killeshandra emerged within a few years as the largest and most successful co-operative society in Ireland. The co-op is now part of Lakeland Dairies.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakeland.ie/about-us/company-history|title=Company History - Lakeland Dairies|website=Lakeland.ie|access-date=14 December 2021}} As the Dairy expanded, Drummully House was sold to the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Rosary in 1924 for use as a convent.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mshr.org/history/|title=History|website=Mshr.org|access-date=14 December 2021}} The convent buildings were extended twice during the first twenty-five years. Part of the convent was opened as a retreat and conference centre in 1976, however the number of vocations continued to decline and eventually the convent was abandoned in 1985.{{Cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40401906/drom-mullac-drummully-east-cavan|title=Drom Mullac , DRUMMULLY, EAST, CAVAN|website=Buildings of Ireland|access-date=14 December 2021}} # A Wind-Pump. # A [Bronze Age](/source/Bronze_Age) spearhead which was found in the Cullies River above New Bridge on the river bed. It is now in the [National Museum of Ireland](/source/National_Museum_of_Ireland) (Reference No. 'NMI 1937:89').{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/33591964|title=Spearheads in the Landscape: a Contextual Analysis|first=Jim|last=Lineen|access-date=14 December 2021|website=Academia.edu}} ==References== {{Cite web |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/5078?s=Drummully+East|title=Placenames Database of Ireland – Drummully East|website=Logainm.ie|access-date=29 February 2012}} {{Cite web |url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ |title=IreAtlas|website=Thecore.com |access-date=29 February 2012}} ==External links== * [http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ The IreAtlas Townland Data Base] {{coord missing|County Cavan}} {{County Cavan}} Category:Townlands of County Cavan --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Drummully East](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummully_East) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drummully_East?action=history)). 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