Drumane

Drumane (from Irish: Droim Éan, meaning 'Ridge of the Birds') is a townland in the civil parish of Templeport, County Cavan, Ireland. It lies in the Roman Catholic parish of Templeport and barony of Tullyhaw.

Drumane is bounded on the north by Mullanacre Lower townland in Tomregan parish, on the west by Bofealan townland, on the south by Killynaff and Lecharrownahone townlands and on the east by Carrowmore townland in Tomregan parish. Its chief geographical features are the Crooked River (Ireland), a small wood and a gravel pit. Dromane is traversed by a minor road and rural lanes.

The townland covers 147 statute acres.

The 1609 Baronial Map depicts the townland as Drommeane. The 1665 Down Survey map depicts it as Dromane.William Petty's 1685 map depicts it as Dromean.

In the Plantation of Ulster by grant dated 4 June 1611, along with other lands, King James VI and I granted one poll of Dromeane to Donill Backagh McShane O'Reyly. He was the nephew of the O'Reilly Clan chief, Aodh Connallach mac Maolmhordha who ruled from 1565–1583. By grant dated 29 April 1611, the king granted one poll in Dromene Eightragh (from Irish: Droim Éan Íochtarach, meaning 'The Lower Ridge of the Birds') to Hugh McManus Oge Magauran, gentleman.

The O'Reillys later sold the land to Walter Talbot of Ballyconnell who died on 26 June 1625. His son James Talbot succeeded to the Ballyconnell estate aged just 10 years. An Inquisition held in Cavan on 20 September 1630 found that James Talbot was seized of one poll of Dromyne, along with other lands. In 1635 James Talbot married Helen Calvert, the daughter of George Calvert, 1st Baron Baltimore of Maryland, USA. In the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652, James Talbot's estate was confiscated because he was a Catholic and he was granted an estate in 1655 at Castle Rubey, County Roscommon instead. He died in 1687. Talbot's land in Drumane was distributed as follows-

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