placenames1901 census
5People recorded
1Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- McConkey 4
- Fanning 1
Drum
An Droim
The Monaghan report explains why its rural and town returns need to be read together.
Recorded locationDrum54.10170° N · 7.14390° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- An Droim · Irish · main form · validated name
- Drum · English · main form
Place & story
The rural return in 1911
Drum’s rural return had twenty-two inhabitants in 1911, seven male and fifteen female. Six houses were occupied and five were empty. The comparison columns show seven inhabitants in 1891 and five in 1901, with one house at each earlier census. The townland appears in Currin parish and Dartree barony, within Drum electoral division, Drum No. 1 dispensary district and the Monaghan part of Cootehill Poor Law Union. [2]
Houses moved between the columns
Drum town was counted separately with seventy-three inhabitants in 1911. A footnote states that the town stood on Drum townland and occupied an estimated fourteen acres within its 146 acres, two roods and twenty-seven perches. It also explains that some houses previously counted within the town were now returned in the rural portion. The rural increase therefore cannot be read simply as newly built houses or an influx of residents. [2]
Geographic information
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.
1926 census
77People recorded
26Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Crozier 10
- Crawford 5
- Humphries 5
- Meyer 5
- Molloy 5
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drum. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Census of Ireland 1911: County Monaghan, Table VII, printed page 25 and note (b) · His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London; printed by A. Thom and Co., Limited, Dublin, 1912
- Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.
- Long Lough at Drum, County Monaghan illustration: based on a Long Lough, Drum by Kenneth Allen. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.