Drumaness

Drumaness
Dan Rice Memorial Hall Community Centre
Location within County Down
Population	1,280 (2001 census)
District	Newry, Mourne and Down
County	County Down
Country	Northern Ireland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Postcode district	BT24
Dialling code	028
UK Parliament	South Down
NI Assembly	South Down
List of places UK Northern Ireland Down 54°22′06″N 5°51′09″W / 54.3683°N 5.8525°W / 54.3683; -5.8525

Drumaness (formerly Drumanessy; from Irish Droim an Easa, meaning 'ridge of the waterfall')^[1] is a village and townland (of 761 acres) in the Newry, Mourne and Down District Council area of County Down, Northern Ireland. It is 3 miles or 5 kilometres south of Ballynahinch, beside the main A24 Belfast to Newcastle road. It is situated in the civil parish of Magheradroll and the historic barony of Kinelarty.^[2] In the 2011 census it had a population of 1,339 people.