Information about Drimheery Power

Information from O'Donovan's Field Name Books

Standard Name:
Drimheery Power
Irish Form of Name:
Drimheery East
Translation:
Keary’s ridge
Civil Parish:
Ballinakill in Leitrim Barony
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Other Forms of the Name with authority source (if provided) in italics:
Drimheery Power
Drimheery Power Hyacinth Clarke, Esq.
Drim Larkin’s County Map
Drimheery Power Mr. O’Callaghan
Drimheery Power Sir John Burke
Drimheery Power The inhabitants
Comment:
See townland
Description:
Two great collections of houses so called most probably received this name from the inhabitants thereof.
Situation:
In the South end of the townland of Drimheery West about 1½ miles North of Marble Hill House.

Townland Information

What is a townland?:
A townland is one of the smallest land divisions in Ireland. They range in size from a few acres to thousands of acres. Many are Gaelic in origin, but some came into existence after the Norman invasion of 1169
Townland:
Drimheery Power is in Drumheery West townland.

Information From Maps

Original OS maps at the Ordnance Survey of Ireland website.
(Click on place name to view original map in new window.)
This link is not a link to the townland that you are currently researching; however, if you follow this link, you will see a search box near the top of the page which you can use to search for your townland.
Having followed this link, you will see several expandable links - each link has a plus sign on its left - on the top left of the page. Expand 'Base Information and Mapping'. Now it is possible to select the maps that you wish to view by clicking on the checkbox that is on the left of each map; this list includes the original Ordnance Survey maps.
You can select more than one map and you can use a slider to make one map more transparent than another. This allows you to view what features were present or absent at different points in time.
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Drimheery Power
Information from the National Monuments Service.
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You can use this link to view a map of archaelogical features.
This link brings you to a website wherein you will have to search for your townland.
Archaeological map from the National Monuments Service
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