Drumcalpin is the name of three

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s in

County Cavan County Cavan ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster and is part of the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Cavan and is based on the hi ...

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, with one situated in the

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Annagh Annagh or Anagh may refer to: Places Republic of Ireland * Annagh, County Cavan, townland * Annagh, townland in Kilkenny West civil parish, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath, Republic of Ireland Note: Nearly 30 other townlands in the R ...

, Castleterra, and Larah.

Drumcalpin, Annagh

The townland of Drumcalpin in the civil parish of Annagh is in the

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of Carrafin. It is also situated in the former

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Loughtee Lower Loughtee Lower (), or Lower Loughtee, is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded ...

(or Lower Loughtee). The townland covers and in the

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it had seven occupied houses and 41 inhabitants (21 males and 20 females).

Drumcalpin, Castleterra

The townland of Drumcalpin in the civil parish of Castleterra is in the electoral district of Ballyhaise. It is also situated in the former barony of Castlerahan. The townland covers and in 1911 census of Ireland it had nine occupied houses and 37 inhabitants (20 males and 17 females).

Drumcalpin, Larah

The townland of Drumcalpin in the civil parish of Larah is in the electoral district of Larah North (or Laradh North). It is also situated in the former barony of

Tullygarvey Tullygarvey () is one of eight Baronies in the County of Cavan. The area has been in constant occupation since pre-4000 BC. The Barony of Tullygarvey consists of the parishes of Kill and Drung and parts of Annagh, Drumgoon and Laragh. Tullyg ...

. The townland covers and in the 1911 census of Ireland it had thirteen occupied houses and 61 inhabitants (35 males and 26 females). Among the notable people from Drumcalpin is

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Seán Cardinal Brady Sean, also spelled Seán or Séan in Hiberno-English, is a male given name of Irish origin. It comes from the Irish versions of the Biblical Hebrew name ''Yohanan'' (), Seán (anglicized as ''Shaun/Shawn/ Shon'') and Séan (Ulster variant; angli ...

(born 1939), who served as the

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, and head of the

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from 1996 to 2014, and who was created a

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in 2007.

References

External links

The IreAtlas Townland Data Base
{{coord missing, County Cavan Townlands of County Cavan