Drumsamney

Drumsamney
townland
Irish transcription(s)
 • Derivation:Droim Samhna
 • Meaning:"Ridge of Samhain"
Drumsamney is located in Northern Ireland
Drumsamney
Drumsamney
Drumsamney shown within Northern Ireland
Drumsamney is located in the United Kingdom
Drumsamney
Drumsamney
Drumsamney (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates: 54°47′30″N 6°40′22″W / 54.7916°N 6.6728°W / 54.7916; -6.6728
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
CountryNorthern Ireland
CountyCounty Londonderry
BaronyLoughinsholin
Civil parishKilcronaghan
Plantation grantTo Drapers Company as glebe
First recorded1609
Government
 • CouncilMid Ulster District
 • WardTobermore
Area
[1]
 • Total
229.54 acres (92.89 ha)
Irish grid refH854946

Drumsamney (locally [ˌdrӧmˈsamni], from Irish Droim Samhna 'ridge of Samhain'[2]) 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.[3]

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.[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.[5]

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