Drumcase (Irish derived place name, Droim Catha meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Battle'.) is a

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

in the

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Kildallan Kildallan is a civil parish in the historical barony of Tullyhunco, County Cavan, Ireland. Etymology The name of the parish derives from Kildallan townland which is an Anglicisation of the Gaelic ''Cill Dalláin'' meaning the 'Church of Dall� ...

, barony of

Tullyhunco Tullyhunco () is a barony in County Cavan, Ireland. It comprises the civil parishes of Kildallan, Killeshandra and Scrabby. Location Tullyhunco is located in western County Cavan. It borders County Leitrim to the west and County Longford to ...

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. It is also called Drumrath (Irish derived place name, Droim Ráth meaning 'The Hill-Ridge of the Fort’).

Geography

Drumcase is bounded on the north by Cloncose, Glasstown and Gortnacleigh townlands, on the east by Drumerdannan townland, on the west by Gorteen (Gorteenagarry) townland and on the south by Clooneen townland. Its chief geographical features are Drumcase Hill which reaches a height of 302 feet, small streams and spring wells. Drumcase is traversed by minor public roads and rural lanes. The townland covers 84 acres.

Etymology

The 1609

Plantation of Ulster The Plantation of Ulster (; Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster Scots: ) was the organised Settler colonialism, colonisation (''Plantation (settlement or colony), plantation'') of Ulstera Provinces of Ireland, province of Irelandby people from Great ...

Map depicts the townland as ''Dromcagh''. A government grant of 1610 spells the name as ''Dromragh''. A 1629 Inquisition spells the name as ''Dromrath otherwise called Dromcha'', ''Drumcache'' and ''Dromcache''. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey spells the name as ''Dromkah''.

History

From medieval times up to the early 1600s, the land belonged to the

McKiernan Clan The surname McKiernan (), is of Irish origin and is found predominantly in County Cavan where it originated. The Irish name is Mág Tighearnán meaning ''the Son of Tighearnán'' and the clan or sept takes its name from one Tighearnán who lived ...

. In the

King

James VI and I James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and King of Ireland, Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 M ...

by grant dated 23 July 1610 granted the Manor of Clonyn or Taghleagh, which included one poll of Dromragh, to Sir Alexander Hamilton of

Innerwick Innerwick () is a coastal civil parish and small village, which lies in the east of East Lothian, from Dunbar and approximately from Edinburgh. Name The name Innerwick is of Anglo-saxon origin and means inland farm or dwelling place. It was ...

, Scotland. On 29 July 1611

Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester (May 1563 – 19 February 1625), known between 1596 and 1613 as Sir Arthur Chichester, of Carrickfergus in Ireland, was an English administrator and soldier who served as Lord Deputy of Ireland from 1605 ...

and others reported that - '. An Inquisition held at Cavan on 10 June 1629 stated that the poll of Dromrath otherwise called Dromcha contained five sub-divisions named ''Curardinpourt, Knockbeache, Coullan, Tawnahinfin and Largan''. It also describes the boundaries of Drumcase as- '. The 1652 Commonwealth Survey states the owner was Sir Francis Hamilton and describes it as wasteland. The 1790 Cavan Carvaghs list spells the townland name as ''Drumcase''. The 1825 Tithe Applotment Books list four tithepayers in the townland. The Drumcase Valuation Office books are available for April 1838.

Griffith's Valuation Griffith's Valuation was a boundary and land valuation survey of Ireland completed in 1868. Griffith's background Richard John Griffith started to value land in Scotland, where he spent two years in 1806–1807 valuing terrain through the examin ...

of 1857 lists four landholders in the townland. The landlord of Drumcase in the 19th century was Hugh Wallace.

Census

In the

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, there were five families listed in the townland. In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were two families listed in the townland.

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Census

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