placenamesRathdrumin
Ráth Droma Nao
Two building projects recorded by Lewis show how the parish obtained Church of Ireland accommodation in the early nineteenth century.
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
- Ráth Droma Nao · Irish · main form · validated name
- Rathdrumin · English · main form
Place & story
Loans and a building grant
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account dates Rathdrumin’s glebe-house to 1810. The Board of First Fruits helped fund it with a £369 gift and a loan of the same amount. The church was rebuilt in 1814 at a stated expense of £461, supplied as a loan by the board. Lewis separately placed the Catholic chapel at Walshstown within Rathdrumin, while the other chapel serving its wider Catholic district stood at Hacketscross in neighbouring Clogher. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Rathdrumin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Rathdrummin in 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.