placenamesDrumrat
Droim Raite
University estate research records an early house, later tenants and eventual demolition.
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 Raite · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Drumrat · English · main form
Place & story
A Phibbs property leased to the Flemings
The University of Galway’s Landed Estates database dates Abbeyville’s original house to 1716 and records extensive later modernisation. It identifies the property as originally belonging to the Phibbs family and William Fleming as its resident in 1814. At Griffith’s Valuation, James Fleming leased it from William Phibbs, with a recorded valuation of £6. The house later left the Fleming family and was demolished in the later twentieth century; the account gives no exact demolition year. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumrat. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Abbeyville, property 90 · University of Galway, Landed Estates database
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.