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{{Short description|Townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}}
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'''Drumkee''' is a [[townland]] in the southeast of [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is directly south of the area presently known as [[Coalisland]]<ref name="coal">[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland/maps/coalisland.jpg Coalisland Map].  Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref>  and east, and slightly north, of Dungannon.<ref>[http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/DetailedMaps/ward/95OO17.jpg Dungannon LGD Killyman Ward 95OO17] map from the Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service. Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref> It is situated in the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Dungannon Middle]] and the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Killyman]] and covers an area of 285 acres.<ref>{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | access-date=27 December 2012}}</ref> The barony's tax records dated 1666 list two families living in Drumkee.<ref name="Barony">[http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/cotyroneireland/2002-02/1014123151 Hearth Money Rolls of Barony of Dungannon]. Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref>
The name derives from the [[Irish language|Irish]]: ''Druim Chaoich'' (Ridge of the Blind Man) or ''Druim Ceath'' (ridge of western aspect).<ref>{{cite web | title=Drumkee| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=9741 | access-date=20 March 2013}}</ref>
==Population==
The population of the townland declined during the 19th century:<ref>{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336882| access-date=27 December 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505465| access-date=27 December 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! 1841 !! 1851 !! 1861 !! 1871 !! 1881 !! 1891
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| Population || 350 || 184 || 168 || 145 || 127 || 111
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| Houses || 70 || 39 || 38 || 31 || 29 || 28
|-
|}
Drumkee presently has a population of around 150, and many of its inhabitants are relations.{{Citation needed|date=July 2007}} Surnames which appear on the 1666 list include McRory and Condson.<ref name="Barony"/> By the mid-19th century, the name Hunter appears in Drumkee burial records.<ref name="burials">[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~tyrone/church/churchrec/killyman-bur.html Killyman Burial Records]. Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref>  The surname Mullan appears in a 1910 directory of the area.<ref name="1910directory">[http://www.libraryireland.com/UlsterDirectory1910/Dungannon.php Belfast and Ulster Towns Directory for 1910].  Accessed July 11, 2007.</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of townlands of County Tyrone]]
==References==
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{{NI County Tyrone}}
[[Category:Townlands of County Tyrone]]
[[Category:Civil parish of Killyman]]