placenamesDrumhome
Droim Thuama
Lewis recorded how the parish’s clergy land was divided between cultivation and a rabbit warren.
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 Thuama · Irish · main form
- Drumhome · English · main form
- Drumholm · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Land attached to the benefice
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 Drumhome account gives the glebe’s area as 531 plantation acres. Four hundred were cultivated; he described the remainder as rabbit ground. The associated glebe-house had been erected in 1792 with help from a £100 Board of First Fruits gift. These details record the land and residence attached to the benefice, alongside the churches serving settlements across the wider parish. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumhome. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumholm, Drimholm or Drumhome: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2026-09-18. How this page was prepared.