placenames1901 census
240People recorded
48Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Cowan 19
- Dugan 13
- Greenlees 11
- Cooper 10
- Shanks 10
Drumbeg
An Droim Beag
Hearth’s project account records the rescue of an eighteenth-century navigation building in Old Forge.
Recorded locationDrumbeg54.53169° N · 5.98673° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie
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
- An Droim Beag · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Drumbeg · English · main form
Place & story
A survey preserved before the fire
The nearby Drumbeg Lockhouse is recorded in Old Forge townland. Hearth Historic Buildings Trust dates its restoration to 1982–83. Shortly before work began, a fire destroyed the roof and interior and damaged a gable, but an earlier survey supplied details for rebuilding. The project removed a later brick extension, reinstated damaged elevations and used salvaged slates and stone ridge tiles. Hearth identifies the original canal cottage as a Thomas Omer design dating from around 1760. [2] [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Townland
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Castlereagh Upper
- Civil parish
- Drumbeg
- Coordinates
- 54.53169, -5.98673
- Mapped area
- 1.55 km²
- Logainm ID
- 66129 ↗
People & family history
Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.
1911 census
199People recorded
50Households recorded
Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records
- Cowan 11
- Bassett 9
- Drennan 9
- Graham 8
- Greenlees 8
1926 census
This year is outside the available dataset’s coverage. This does not indicate a population of zero.
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumbeg. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumbeg Lockhouse: restoration project, 1982–83 · Hearth Historic Buildings Trust
- Drumbeg lock-keeper’s house, HARNI 26/16/003, HB26/16/006 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
- The former Charley Memorial Primary School at Drumbeg, County Down illustration: based on a Former Charley Memorial Primary School, Drumbeg (April 2011) by Albert Bridge. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-06-27. How this page was prepared.