Drumballyhagan

Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

54°49′26″N 6°42′50″W / 54.824°N 6.714°W / 54.824; -6.714Sovereign stateUnited KingdomCountryNorthern IrelandCountyCounty LondonderryBaronyLoughinsholinCivil parishKilcronaghanPlantation grantVintners CompanyFirst recorded1609Government

• CouncilMid Ulster District • WardTobermoreArea

^[1]

• Total320.57 acres (129.73 ha)Irish grid refH827981

Drumballyhagan and Drumballyhagan Clark (locally [ˌdrӧmˌbaliˈhaɡən], from Irish Droim Bhaile Uí Ágáin 'ridge of O'Hagans townland'^[2]) are two townlands lying within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Situated in the north of the parish, the two townlands are separated by the Moyola River, of which the southern portion was held by a person surnamed "Clark".^[3] Together they are bounded by the townlands of; Ballynahone Beg, Bracaghreilly, Drumcrow, Fallagloon, Lisnamuck, Moneyshanere, and Tobermore. It was apportioned to the Vintners company.^[3]

Townland in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Drumballyhagan Clarke
townland

Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Country	Northern Ireland
Area ^[1]
• Total	120.93 acres (48.94 ha)
Irish grid ref	H8297

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.^[4] It was also part of the historic barony of Loughinsholin.^[3]

Etymology

This townland derives its name from the O'Hagan's, one of the principal Irish families in the barony of Loughinsholin. They occupied a castle in the nearby townland of Calmore and the surname was common in the neighbouring parishes of Desertmartin and Ballynascreen.^[2]

History

Table legend

(D) - Drumballyhagan
(DC) - Drumballyhagan Clarke

Population
Year	Pop. (D)	Pop. (DC)
1841	168 ^[4]	41 ^[5]
1851	84 ^[5]	26 ^[5]
1861	88 ^[5]	28 ^[5]
1871	77 ^[5]	19 ^[5]
1881	51 ^[5]	31 ^[5]
1891	77 ^[6]	60 ^[6]
1901	29 ^[6]	22 ^[6]
1911	39 ^[4]	19 ^[4]
1926	46 ^[4]	15 ^[4]

Size (acres, roods, poles)
Year	a, r, p (D)	a, r, p (DC)
1851	320, 3, 4 ^[7]	117, 1, 34 ^[7]
1881	320, 3, 4 ^[5]	117, 1, 34 ^[5]
1901	320, 3, 4 ^[6]	117, 1, 34 ^[6]
1926	318, 1, 8 ^[4]	119, 3, 37 ^[4]

Earlier recorded forms^[2]^[8]
Year	Form
1609	Dromballiagan (E.C.)
1613	Balle Hagan
1613	Dromballyagan (Charter)
1654	Drombellihaggon
1654	Drumbellihaggan
1659c	Drumballyhagan
1663	Drumbolehagan
1767	Drumballyhagan
_{(E.C.) - Escheated Counties Map 1609 (Charter) - Charter of Londonderry 1613}

References

^ ^a ^b Northern Ireland Environment Agency. "NIEA Map Viewer". Archived from the original on 24 November 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c Toner, Gregory: Place-Names of Northern Ireland, page 120-121. Queen's University of Belfast, 1996, ISBN 0-85389-613-5
^ ^a ^b ^c Notes on the Place Names of the Parishes and Townlands of the County of Londonderry, 1925, Alfred Moore Munn, Clerk of the Crown and Peace of the City and County of Londonderry
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h HistPop; County and County Borough of Londonderry, 1926, page 27
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k HistPop; Area, population and number of houses, Vol. III, Ireland, 1881, page 698
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f HistPop; Area, houses, and population, Vol. III [Part 2], Ireland, 1901 Page 35
^ ^a ^b HistPop; County of Londonderry, 1851, page 241
^ Place Names NI - Drumballyhagan