Drumlougher

Drumlougher (from Irish: Druim luachra, meaning 'Ridge of the Rushes') 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.

Drumlougher is bounded on the north by Gortnacargy and Teeboy townlands in Corlough parish, on the west by Culliagh, in Corlough parish and Bellaleenan townlands, on the south by Stranadarragh townland and on the east by Owengallees townland. Its chief geographical features are Bunerky Lough, the River Blackwater, County Cavan and a forestry plantation. Drumlougher is traversed by minor roads and rural lanes.

The townland covers 339 statute acres.

Up until the Cromwellian Act for the Settlement of Ireland 1652 Drumlougher formed part of Owengallees townland and its history until then is the same.

A grant dated 3 November 1666 from King Charles II of England to Sir Tristram Beresford included, inter alia, lands of Drumlogh. By grant dated 11 September 1670 from King Charles II of England to said Sir Tristram Beresford, the lands of Drumlogh were included in the creation of a new Manor of Beresford.

In the Templeport Poll Book of 1761 there was one person registered to vote in Drumlougher in the Irish general election, 1761 - James Elliott who lived in Drumlougher and also had a freehold in Ballymagirril. He was entitled to two votes. The four election candidates were Charles Coote, 1st Earl of Bellomont and Lord Newtownbutler (later Brinsley Butler, 2nd Earl of Lanesborough), both of whom were then elected Member of Parliament for Cavan County. The losing candidates were George Montgomery (MP) of Ballyconnell and Barry Maxwell, 1st Earl of Farnham. Elliott voted for Newtownbutler and Montgomery. Absence from the poll book either meant a resident did not vote or more likely was not a freeholder entitled to vote, which would mean most of the inhabitants of Drumlougher.

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