Draperstown

Draperstown
High Street, Draperstown with former courthouse at centre
Draperstown is located in Northern Ireland
Draperstown
Location within Northern Ireland
Population1,777 (2011 census)
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Postcode districtBT
Dialling code028
NI Assembly
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
County Londonderry
54°47′37″N 6°47′03″W / 54.79361°N 6.78417°W / 54.79361; -6.78417

Draperstown (/ˌdrɛpərzˈtaʊn, ˌdriːpərz-/)[3] is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and is part of Mid-Ulster district. It is also part of the Church of Ireland parish of Ballynascreen and the Catholic parish of Ballinascreen, and within the former barony of Loughinsholin.

The village lies at the intersection of the townlands of Moykeeran (from Irish Maigh Chaortain 'plain of the rowan'),[4] Moyheeland (from Irish Maigh Chaolain 'plain of the marshy stream'),[5] Cahore and Tonaght (from Irish Tonnach 'marshy place').[6][7]

  1. ^ The Placenames Branch (Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs) [1]
  2. ^ "Gaun forrit". Special EU Programmes Body. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
  3. ^ Toner, Gregory. Place-Names of Northern Ireland, p. 85. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996; ISBN 0-85389-613-5
  4. ^ "Moykeeran". PlaceNamesNI. Archived from the original on 7 May 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Moyheeland". PaceNamesNI. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Tonaght, County Derry/Londonderry". PlacenamesNI. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Map of boundaries". PlacenamesNI. Archived from the original on 19 March 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2021.