Drumsamney

Drumsamney (from Irish: Droim Samhna meaning "ridge of Samhain") 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, Coolsaragh, Dromore, and Gortamney. It wasn't apportioned to any of the London livery companies, being kept as church lands.^[1]

The townland is currently part of Tobermore electoral ward of Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District.^[2] It was also part of the former barony of Loughinsholin.^[1]

History

Population Year Pop. 1841 138 [3] 1851 131 [3] 1861 100 [3] 1871 81 [3] 1881 88 [3] 1911 47 [2] 1926 39 [2]

Size (acres, roods, poles) Year a, r, p 1851 233, 3, 4 [4] 1881 235, 1, 30[3] 1926 234, 2, 10 [2]

Earlier recorded forms Year Form 1609 Dromsauna (O.S.) [1] 1613 Dromsanua (Charter) [1] 1814 Drumsamney (S.M.) [1] (O.S.) - Ordnance Survey map 1609 (Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613 (S.M.) - Sampson's Map

See Also

• Kilcronaghan
• List of townlands in Tobermore
• Tobermore

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} 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
2. ^ ^{a b c d} HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
4. ^ HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241