Drumsamney is in Northern Ireland, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.7917°, -6.6727°.

Natural landmarks · Northern Ireland

Drumsamney

Drumsamney in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

Killynumber Townland - geograph.org.uk - 561237 — Kenneth Allen — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence

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Typical visit: 1 h–2 h

Drumsamney 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.

From the Wikipedia article

Drumsamney (locally [ˌdrӧmˈsamni], from Irish Droim Samhna 'ridge of Samhain') is a townland lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It lies in the south-east of the parish on the boundary of the civil parish of Desertmartin, and is bounded by the townlands of; Annagh & Moneysterlin, Ballinderry, Killynumber, Dromore, and Gortamney. In the Plantation of Ulster it was given as a glebe to the Drapers Company. The townland was part of Tobermore electoral ward of the former Magherafelt District Council, however in 1926 it was part of Tobermore district electoral division as part of the Maghera division of Magherafelt Rural District. It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.

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History

{|class="wikitable" style="margin:0; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Population |- ! style="width:75px;"|Year ! style="width:75px;"|Pop. |- ! 1841 | 138 |- ! 1851 | 131 |- ! 1861 | 100 |- ! 1871 | 81 |- ! 1881 | 88 |- ! 1891 | 69 |- ! 1901 | 28 |- ! 1911 | 47 |- ! 1926 | 39 |- | colspan="2" align="center" | - decrease is attributed to emigration and removals }} |} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid darkgrey;" |+ Size (acres, roods, poles) |- ! style="width:75px;" | Year ! style="width:100px;" | a, r, p |- ! 1851 | 233, 3, 4 |- ! 1881 | 235, 1, 30 |- ! 1901 | 235, 1, 30 |- ! 1926 | 234, 2, 10 |} {|class="wikitable" style="margin:0 0 0 3em; border:1px solid…

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