placenamesDrumsnat
Droim Sneachta
A 2020 conservation survey distinguishes the old burial ground from its lower twentieth-century extension.
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 Sneachta · Irish · main form · validated name
- Drumsnat · English · main form
Place & story
The burial ground at Mullanacross
Drumsnat graveyard stands on a knoll above Drumsnat Lough in Mullanacross townland. The 2020 conservation study records worn and lichen-covered headstones, with the earliest legible inscription in a modern graveyard survey dated 1705. Some unmarked or worn stones may be older; that inscription does not date the beginning of burial. An extension opened to the east in the 1950s, at a lower level separated by a retaining wall. The study found no surviving church building within the graveyard. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumsnat. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumsnat Graveyard, County Monaghan: Conservation Study, February 2020, section 3.4.3 · Paul Duffy, Ross Waters and Christina O’Regan, IAC Archaeology; specialist input Paul Stevens; for Monaghan County Council
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.