Where is Draperstown?

Draperstown is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7936°, -6.7842°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Draperstown

Also known as: Baile na Croise (Contae Dhoire), Baile na Croise, Contae Dhoire

Draperstown in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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Draperstown is a place of interest in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.

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Draperstown () is a village in the Sperrin Mountains in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the civil parish of Ballinascreen and is part of Mid-Ulster district. It is also part of the Church of Ireland parish of Ballynascreen and the Catholic parish of Ballinascreen, and within the former barony of Loughinsholin. The village lies at the intersection of the townlands of Moykeeran (from Irish Maigh Chaortain 'plain of the rowan'), Moyheeland (from Irish Maigh Chaolain 'plain of the marshy stream'), Cahore and Tonaght (from Irish Tonnach 'marshy place').

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Background

History

The village began to emerge around the crossroads in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Prior to that, the crossroads was the location for occasional fairs. In the 1600s, at the time of the Plantation of Ulster, the expropriated land in the Ballinacreen area was allocated to two London Livery Companies. It was divided between the Drapers' Company who took possession of the land west of the crossroads (Straw, Sixtowns and Moneyneena) while the Skinners' Company took possession of the land to the east. Although settlers began to arrive, the livery companies did not develop the area until later. In 1760, the original St. Columba's Church of Ireland Church was built near the crossroads.…

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