Breandrum (Irish derived place name, either Brea an Droim meaning 'The Fine Hill-Ridge' or Bréan Droim meaning 'The Filthy Hill-Ridge'.[1]) is a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan, barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland.
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Geography edit
Breandrum is bounded on the east by Carn, Tullyhunco townland, on the west by Berrymount, Clifton, County Cavan and Killygreagh townlands and on the north by Aghavoher townland. Its chief geographical features are a quarry, a spring well and a dug well. Breandrum is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 63 acres.[2]
History edit
Up until the 19th century, Breandrum formed part of the townland of Killygreagh and its history is the same until then.
The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list four tithepayers in the townland.[3]
In 1832 one person in Brendrum was registered as a keeper of weapons- Phill Kiernan, who had one gun.[4]
The Breandrum Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.[5]
Griffith's Valuation of 1857 lists three landholders in the townland.[6]
In the 19th century Breandrum was owned by Captain Bedel Stanford.[7][8] The Stanford Estate papers are in the National Archives of Ireland.[9]
Census edit
| Year | Population | Males | Females | Total Houses | Uninhabited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1841 | 37 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 1851 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 1861 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1871 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 1881 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| 1891 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
In the 1901 census of Ireland, there are three families listed in the townland.[10]
In the 1911 census of Ireland, there are four families listed in the townland.[11]
References edit
- ^ "Placenames Database of Ireland - Breandrum". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "IreAtlas". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "The Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-37".
- ^ "Return of Persons to whom Licenses have been granted to keep Arms by Magistrates at Quarter Session in Ireland, 1832". 1836.
- ^ http://census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/vob/IRE_CENSUS_1821-51_007246947_00512.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Griffith's Valuation".
- ^ Bedell, William (1872). "A True Relation of the Life and Death of the Right Reverend Father in God William Bedell, Lord Bishop of Kilmore in Ireland".
- ^ "The families of French of Belturbet and Nixon of Fermanagh, and their descendants". Dublin, Printed by A. Thom & Co. 1908.
- ^ "Legal papers, corresp and maps rel to the Stanford and Peter families and their lands in".
- ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1901". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
- ^ "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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