Knockadrum
Knockadrum in Irish is “Cnoc Fhardroma”, meaning hill of the back, or wide hill. In the Electoral division of Marblehill it is 139.45 acres or 56.43 hectares in size.
Knockadrum borders Ballycorban, Ballynakill, Cartron South, Cregg, Cuilleendaeagh and Lecarrow North.
What we recorded
- Placenames
- 7 (1 Irish-origin)
- 6 field
- 1 mass path
- Houses
- 3
- Buildings
- 2
By type
Map
Placenames
| Name | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| The Fair Green | field | |
| The Riascs | field | These 3 fields are known as “The Riascs”. |
| Hooban’s Yard | field | |
| The Long Field | field | |
| The Hills | field | These 2 fields are known as “The Hills”. |
| The Lankin Field | field | |
| Mass Path | mass path |
Houses
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Hooban’s House | |
| Cooney’s House | |
| Hayes’ House |
Buildings
| Name | Notes |
|---|---|
| Church | |
| Whyte’s Pub |
Population
In the 1841 census there were 84 people, 11 inhabited and 1 uninhabited house, and in the 1851 census there were 35 people and 4 inhabited houses. The 1840 map shows 20 houses or outbuildings. Griffith’s Valuation recorded 5 houses and 5 landholders. In the 1901 census there were 4 residences and 21 inhabitants, and in the 1911 census there were 4 residences and 17 inhabitants.
Land and Household Records
Landholders and heads of household recorded in the Tithe Applotment Books, Griffith’s Valuation, and the 1901, 1911 and 1926 censuses.
Tithe Applotment Books, 1834
Not yet compiled.
Griffith’s Valuation, 1856
Not yet compiled.
1901 census
Not yet compiled.
1911 census
Not yet compiled.
1926 census
- Thomas Whyte
- Rev Thomas Larkin
- Rev Thomas Porter
- James Cooney
- John Hayes
About the Townland
An earlier Ballinakill parish church stood in Knockadrum. Local research indicates there was a fair green here for fairs, and a Mass path ran along the brow of the hill to the present-day Ballinakill Church, also in the townland.
Tommy Whyte, a founding member of the Ballinakill Ceilí Band, was born and raised in the townland — at what is now Whyte’s Pub — and started a Whyte/Fahey traditional music dynasty that continues to this day.