Drumcalpin

Drumcalpin
Townland
Location of Drumcalpin within the Republic of Ireland
Drumcalpin

Location of Drumcalpin within the Republic of Ireland

Coordinates: 53°59′45″N 7°9′22″W / 53.99583°N 7.15611°W / 53.99583; -7.15611Coordinates: 53°59′45″N 7°9′22″W / 53.99583°N 7.15611°W / 53.99583; -7.15611
Country Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland
Province Ulster
County County Cavan
Irish grid reference H553055

Drumcalpin is a townland in County Cavan, Ireland.

The townland covers 332 acres (1.34 km2). In the 1911 census of Ireland, there were seven houses and forty-one inhabitants in Drumcalpin.[1]

Its main claim to fame is that it is the birthplace of Seán Brady, the former Archbishop of Armagh and head of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland.[2]

References

  1. Houses in Drumcalpin. Census of Ireland 1911. Retrieved on 22 March 2010.
  2. Séan Baptist Brady. Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. Retrieved on 22 March 2010.

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