placenamesDecies-within-Drum
Na Déise laistigh den Drom
Lewis recorded a schoolhouse and four acres given by H. W. Barron in Ballymacart parish.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Na Déise laistigh den Drom · Irish · main form · validated name
- Decies-within-Drum · English · main form
Place & story
A school with an endowment
At Mount Barron in Ballymacart parish, H. W. Barron gave a schoolhouse and four acres of land, according to Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account. The school then had about 200 boys and 54 girls attending. This is a specific educational provision within Decies-within-Drum; the figures describe that school, rather than children throughout the barony. Lewis’s account does not establish its opening year. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Decies-within-Drum. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Ballymacart: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-19. How this page was prepared.