Drumcrow (, ) is a

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lying within the

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of Kilcronaghan,

County Londonderry County Londonderry (Ulster Scots dialects, Ulster-Scots: ''Coontie Lunnonderrie''), also known as County Derry (), is one of the six Counties of Northern Ireland, counties of Northern Ireland, one of the thirty-two Counties of Ireland, count ...

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. It lies in the north of the parish with the

Moyola River The River Moyola or Moyola River (Irish language, Irish: ''Abhainn na Scríne'') stretches for approximately 27 miles from the Sperrin Mountains to Lough Neagh. The Moyola starts a small river (3-5 metres; 10' to 16') for the first few miles of ...

running along its northern boundary. It is bounded by the townlands of;

Drumballyhagan Drumballyhagan and Drumballyhagan Clark (, ) are two townlands lying within the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Situated in the north of the parish, the two townlands are separated by ...

, Drumballyhagan Clark, Drumconready,

Kirley Kirley is a townland lying within the civil parish of Maghera, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies on the western boundary of the parish beside that of Ballynascreen, with the Moyola River flowing through its southern boundary. It is ...

Lisnamuck,

Moneyshanere Moneyshanere () is a townland lying within the Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the north-west of the parish on the boundary with the civil parish of Ballynascreen, and it ...

, and

Moybeg Kirley Moybeg Kirley (, and ''Corrbahile'' meaning "prominent townland") is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is in the north-west of the parish, with the Moyola River forming its northe ...

. It was apportioned to the

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company. The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former

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, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the

Maghera Maghera ( ; ) is a small town at the foot of the Glenshane Pass in Northern Ireland. Its population was 4,235 in the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. Formerly in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Loughinsholin within the historic County ...

division of

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Rural District. It was also part of the historic

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Etymology

Drumcrow is suggested to derive its name from the Irish ''Droim Cró'', meaning "bloody ridge". This is based upon the context of earlier forms of the name, which suggested the use of the noun ''cró'', which means "blood, gore". An early Irish poem makes mention of a ''Droim Cró'' (now Drumcree) in

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, which was the site of a battle with the editor remarking that the final element of the name meant "blood, gore". Ridges where an ideal defence-attack position, where the defender could rain missiles upon an enemy that had to climb uphill, and quickly take up an offensive position with a downhill charge.

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Townlands of County Londonderry Civil parish of Kilcronaghan {{Londonderry-geo-stub

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