Glassdrumonaghy

Glasdrummonaghy is a small townland of 191 acres 2 roods and 28 perches which straddles the N53 (Concession Road from Castleblaney to Dundalk) just south of Cullaville and close to the Co Monaghan border. It is bounded on the north by Cullaville and Creevekeeran, on the east by Cappagh and Clonalig and on the south and east by Annaghgad. In the Tithe Applotment Books of 1828 the total area is given as 97 acres 2 roods and 13 perches (Plantation Irish measure).

Name of townland

Glas-Dromon Eochaidh,"Haughey's green ridge" ⁽¹⁾.

There is no other townland in Ireland with this name.

Ordnanace Survey Name Books: Creggan Parish ⁽²⁾

GLASSDRUMMANAGHY (OSNB ii 33): A considerable portion of this td. is bog & uncultivated ground. The road from Cullaghville to Dundalk runs straight E. & N. thro' it. Adjoining the village of Cullaghville. The land is a good soil, partly tilled and in grazing. There is a large fort in its S.E. corner.
It contains 191..2..28 of which 36..3..19 is uncultivated and Bog.

Valuation

Although the decimalisation of the currency was introduced only in 1971, all of the valuations in the following table have been converted from £sd for convenience.

Year	1837	1851	1864	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1926	1935	1952	1957	1974
Valuation	£93.88	£107.50	£144.75	£142.25	£141.50	£143.50	£127.90	£127.65	£129.15	£146.90	£156.15	£186.90	£232.40

The 1837 Townland Valuation recorded only houses worth £5 or more a year. There were no such houses in the townland.

Griffiths Valuation records the owner of the land as the representatives of John Reid.

Census of Ireland 1901

The Census enumerated 66 people in 18 households; a ratio of 3.7 people per household. The households occupied a total of 44 rooms; a ratio of 2.4 rooms per household and 1.5 people per room. Two of the households had 4 rooms, five had 3 rooms, ten had 2 rooms and one occupied a single room.

Native Irish Speakers

Of the households enumerated in the Census, two contained native Irish speakers. Since theirs was the last generation to have been born into a substantially Irish speaking environment, their names, occupations and ages are recorded here. All were born in Co. Armagh.

• Susan Maginn, farmer, widow, 58
• Patrick Morris, farmer,53
  and his wife Rose, 51

Population Decline

The following table sets out the number of houses and population enumerated in the townland in each of the 11 Censuses held between 1841 and 1951.

	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891	1901	1911	1926	1937	1951
Houses	27	26	26	25	22	21	19	21	18	19	16
People	134	137	119	118	95	90	77	82	78	73	62
People per house	5.0	5.3	4.6	4.7	4.3	4.3	4.1	3.9	4.3	3.8	3.9

In the period of 110 years, the number of households declined by 40% but the population dropped by 54% - more than half. The largest drop (43%) was in the 60 years before 1901.

Names of House and Land Holders ⁽³⁾

The following table sets of the names of those who owned or rented houses and land on the townland at the time the valuation records or population censuses were compiled.