# Durhamstown > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Durhamstown > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Durhamstown.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durhamstown > Source revision: 1324919846 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Durhamstown |settlement_type = Townland |image_skyline = File:Castles of Leinster- Durhamstown, Meath (geograph 6501931).jpg |image_caption = Buildings on the [Durhamstown Castle](/source/Durhamstown_Castle) estate |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland) |subdivision_type1 = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland) |subdivision_name1 = [Leinster](/source/Leinster) |subdivision_type2 = [County](/source/Counties_of_Ireland) |subdivision_name2 = [County Meath](/source/County_Meath) |subdivision_type3 = [Civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland) |subdivision_name3 = [Ardbraccan](/source/Ardbraccan) |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 4.15 |population_footnotes = |population_as_of = 2011 |population_total = 319 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [WET](/source/West_European_Time) |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = [IST](/source/Irish_Standard_Time) ([WEST](/source/Western_European_Summer_Time)) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|53|39|N|6|47|W|display=inline,title|region:IE_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}} |blank_name = [Irish Grid Reference](/source/Irish_grid_reference_system) |blank_info = {{iem4ibx|N808684}} }} '''Durhamstown''' ({{langx|ga|Baile an Dormhamaigh}}),{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} known less frequently as '''Dormstown''', is a townland outside [Navan](/source/Navan) in [County Meath](/source/County_Meath), Ireland. In religious terms it is covered by the [Roman Catholic](/source/Roman_Catholic) parish of [Bohermeen](/source/Bohermeen). Durhamstown townland lies in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_Ireland) of [Ardbraccan](/source/Ardbraccan), and has an area of {{convert|1025|acres|sqmi}}.{{cite web|url = https://www.townlands.ie/meath/lower-navan/ardbraccan/ardbraccan/durhamstown/ | website = townlands.ie | title = Durhamstown Townland, Co. Meath | accessdate = 7 November 2020 }}{{cite web|url = http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths/meath/ardbraccan.php | title = Griffiths Valuation of Ireland (1848 to 1864) Ardbraccan, County Meath | via = failteromhat.com | accessdate = 7 November 2020 }} ==History== ===Name and population=== Durhamstown, sometimes referred to as Dormstown (a form of spelling which fell into disuse by the mid 20th century), is one of twenty [townland](/source/townland)s in the civil parish of Ardbraccan and had 64 houses according to the 1911 census of Ireland.{{cite web|url = http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Meath/Ardbraccan/Durhamstown/ | work = 1911 Census | publisher = National Archives | title = Houses in Durhamstown (Ardbraccan, Meath) | accessdate = 7 November 2020 }} As of the 2011 census, the population of the townland was 319 people.{{cite web | url = https://data.gov.ie/dataset/cd165-n-by-private-households-occupied-and-vacancy-rate-by-townlands-censusyear-and-statistic-3909 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = 2011 Census | via = data.gov.ie | title = CD165 - Meath Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic | date = April 2011 | accessdate = 7 November 2020 }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} ===Origins of croquet=== According to histories of the game of [Croquet](/source/Croquet), an early set of rules of the game were compiled by an anonymous writer who described himself as "corncrake" to ''The Field'' publication on 21 August 1858.{{cite web|url = http://www.cuacc.com/aboutmore.cfm | publisher = Cambridge University Association Croquet Club| website = cuacc.com | title = A History of Croquet | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080509041813/http://www.cuacc.com/aboutmore.cfm | archivedate = 9 May 2008 }} "Corncrake" was revealed to be [George Annesley Pollock](/source/George_Annesley_Pollock) of the Oatlands estate in Durhamstown.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} His "The Rules of the Oatlands Club" became a key set of rules for the game, with records revealing that the rules were used by the owners of Oatlands and Durhamstown Castle, and another nearby estate, for local competitions.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} The game Croquet later spread to [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain) from Ireland.{{cite web|url = http://croquetireland.com/?p=6 | publisher = Croquet Association of Ireland| website = croquetireland.com | title = Welcome to the CAI website | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20110708204740/http://croquetireland.com/?p=6 | archivedate = 8 July 2011 }} Though the game spread from Ireland, the first registered set of rules was registered in Britain in 1856. ==Geography== The townland's most prominent geographical formations include [Faughan Hill](/source/Faughan_Hill), a small hill on the otherwise flat plains of the area on which legend claims [Niall of the Nine Hostages](/source/Niall_of_the_Nine_Hostages) was buried. Nearby is [Durhamstown Castle](/source/Durhamstown_Castle), a Norman towerhouse that has been lived in for five hundred years.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} ==References== {{reflist}} Category:Townlands of County Meath --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Durhamstown](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durhamstown) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durhamstown?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.