{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Drumsamney | type = townland | native_name =
| translit_lang1 = Irish | translit_lang1_type = Derivation: | translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ga|Droim Samhna}} | translit_lang1_type1 = Meaning: | translit_lang1_info1 = "Ridge of Samhain"
| image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_map = Drumsamney.png | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Northern Ireland#United Kingdom | pushpin_label_position = <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_label = <!-- only necessary if "name" or "official_name" are too long --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = Drumsamney shown within Northern Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|54.7916|-6.6728|region:GB_scale:20000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = <!-- to specify exact location of coordinates (was coor_type) --> | coordinates_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> <!-- location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Sovereign state | subdivision_name = United Kingdom | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = Northern Ireland | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = County Londonderry | subdivision_type3 = Barony | subdivision_name3 = Loughinsholin | subdivision_type4 = Civil parish | subdivision_name4 = Kilcronaghan
| leader_title = Council | leader_name = Mid Ulster District | leader_title1 = Ward | leader_name1 = Tobermore
<!-- established ---------------> | established_title = Plantation grant | established_date = To Drapers Company as glebe | established_title1 = First recorded | established_date1 = 1609 <!-- seat, smaller parts -------> | seat_type = | seat = | parts_type = Settlements | parts_style = para | p1 = <!-- display settings ---------> | total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> | unit_pref = <!-- enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric --> <!-- area ----------------------> | area_footnotes = <ref name="OSNI"/> | area_magnitude = <!-- use only to set a special wikilink --> | area_total_ha = 92.89 | area_total_acre = 229.54
<!-- population ----------------> | population_footnotes = <!-- for references: use <ref> tags --> | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_km2 = <!-- for automatic calculation of any density field, use: auto --> | population_density_sq_mi= | population_note = <!-- blank fields (section 1) --> | blank_name_sec1 = Irish grid ref | blank_info_sec1 = {{Oscoor|H854946}} <!-- website, footnotes --------> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | footnotes = }} '''Drumsamney''' ({{IPA|en|ˌdrӧmˈsamni|label=locally|generic=yes}}, {{etymology|ga|Droim Samhna|ridge of Samhain}}<ref name="IPA"/>) is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the parish on the boundary of the civil parish of Desertmartin, and is bounded by the townlands of; Annagh & Moneysterlin, Ballinderry, Killynumber, Dromore, and Gortamney. In the Plantation of Ulster it was given as a glebe to the Drapers Company.<ref name="IPA2"/>
The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.<ref name="HistPop1926"/> It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.<ref name="Munn"/>
==Etymology== Drumsamney derives its name from the Irish ''Droim Samhna'', meaning "ridge of Samhain". This ridge likely refers to Drumsamney Hill, with the second element of the name relating to the pagan festival of Samhain. The townlands of Drumsawna Beg and Drumsawna More in County Fermanagh also derive from the same origin as Drumsamney.<ref name="IPA"/>
==History== {{col-begin|width=auto}} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Population |- ! style="width:75px;"|Year ! style="width:75px;"|Pop. |- ! 1841 | 138 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1851 | 131 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1861 | 100 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1871 | 81 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1881 | 88 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1891 | 69 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1901 | 28 {{ref|note1|[a]}}<ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1911 | 47 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |- ! 1926 | 39 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |- | colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{note|note1|[a]}} - decrease is attributed to emigration and removals <ref name="HistPop1901"/>}} |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Size (acres, roods, poles) |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:100px;" | a, r, p |- ! 1851 | 233, 3, 4 <ref name="HistPop1851"/> |- ! 1881 | 235, 1, 30 <ref name="HistPop1881"/> |- ! 1901 | 235, 1, 30 <ref name="HistPop1901"/> |- ! 1926 | 234, 2, 10 <ref name="HistPop1926"/> |} {{col-break}} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Earlier recorded forms<ref name="IPA"/> |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:200px;" | Form |- ! 1609 | Dromsauna (E.C.) |- ! 1613 | Dromsanua (Charter) |- ! 1622 | Drumsawne |- ! 1654 | Drumsany |- ! 1672c | Dromsana |- ! 1813 | Drumsamney (S.M.) |- | colspan="2" align="center" | <sub>(E.C.) - Escheated Counties Map 1609<br/>(Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613<br/>(S.M.) - Sampson's Map</sub> |} {{col-end}}
==See also== *Kilcronaghan *List of townlands in Tobermore *Tobermore
==References== <references>
<ref name="HistPop1926">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=20&mno=239&pageseq=53 HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1851">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=tobermore&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=396&pageseq=15 HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241]</ref> <ref name="HistPop1881">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=brackaghlislea&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&titlepos=1&mno=434&pageseq=696 HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698]</ref> <ref name="Munn">''Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry'', 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry</ref> <ref name="IPA">Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 122-123. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref> <ref name="IPA2">Toner, Gregory: ''Place-Names of Northern Ireland'', page 112. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, {{ISBN|0-85389-613-5}}</ref> <ref name="OSNI">{{Cite web |url=http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |accessdate=27 January 2012 |author=Northern Ireland Environment Agency |title=NIEA Map Viewer |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111124125249/http://maps.ehsni.gov.uk/SixInchSeries/Default.aspx |archivedate=24 November 2011 }}</ref> <ref name="HistPop1901">[http://www.histpop.org/ohpr/servlet/PageBrowser2?ResourceType=Census&ResourceType=Legislation&ResourceType=Essays&ResourceType=Registrar%20General&ResourceType=TNA&SearchTerms=ballymacilcurr&simple=yes&path=Results&active=yes&treestate=expandnew&titlepos=0&mno=450&tocstate=expandnew&display=sections&display=tables&display=pagetitles&pageseq=367 HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35]</ref>
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Category:Townlands of County Londonderry Category:Civil parish of Kilcronaghan
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