Townland

Drumsough

Droim Subhach

Drumsough is a townland in Antrim. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationDrumsough54.75501° N · 6.26541° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

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 Subhach · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Drumsough · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Antrim
Civil parish
Drummaul
Coordinates
54.75501, -6.26541
Mapped area
2.91 km²
Logainm ID
63074 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

252People recorded
54Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Millar 27
  • McKeown 15
  • Hamilton 13
  • Hannan 13
  • Magee 12
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1911 census

240People recorded
49Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Millar 22
  • McNally 20
  • Hannan 13
  • Keenan 11
  • Gilmore 9
Explore the 1911 records ↗

1926 census

This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Drumsough. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.