placenamesDrumreilly
Droim Oiríolaigh
Lewis’s account distinguishes Catholic districts within the wider historical parish.
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
- Droim Oiríolaigh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Drumreilly · English · main form
Place & story
Four chapels serving three benefices
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description divides Catholic Drumreilly into Upper Drumreilly, Lower Drumreilly and Ballinagleragh. These three benefices had three chapels, with a fourth, called the mountain chapel, attached to Lower Drumreilly. His wider historical parish extended across parts of Leitrim and Cavan. The arrangement documents several centres of worship serving that dispersed district, rather than a single chapel for the whole parish. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Leitrim
- Barony
- Carrigallen
- Barony
- Drumahaire
- Coordinates
- 54.08822, -7.83225
- Mapped area
- 123.26 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1479 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumreilly. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumreilly, Leitrim and Cavan: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.