placenamesDrumcliff
Droim Chliabh
An 1837 account identifies patrons and separates public, private and Sunday schooling.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Droim Chliabh · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Drumcliff · English · main form
Place & story
Teaching across the wider parish
Samuel Lewis recorded schools at Milltown and Castletown supported by Sir R. G. Booth in 1837, and another at Drum supported by J. Wynne. With two further public schools, these taught about five hundred children across Drumcliff parish. Twelve private schools together taught about seven hundred more, and four Sunday schools were listed separately. These parish-wide figures describe a dispersed network of classrooms, beyond the settlement around the church and medieval monuments. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumcliff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumcliffe: 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.