Derrygorman
Derrygorman (Irish: Doire Mhic Gormáin, meaning 'Mac Gorman's oak wood')[1] is a townland in the civil parish of Aughagower and barony of Murrisk. It is bordered to the north (from east to west) by Drummindoo, and Sheean, to the east by Dooncastle; to the south (from east to west) by Meneen, Ardogommon, and Tonranny; and to the west by Buckwaria and Sheeroe.[2]
During the Irish War of Independence Derrygorman had an Irish Republican Army (1919-1922) Company which was part of 3 Battalion Westport. Thomas Burke of Doon, Sheeaune is listed as Captain, He was arrested in 1921 and imprisoned in the Curragh Internment Camp. [3]
References[edit]
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
- ^ 1838 Ordnance Survey Map
- ^ Atlas of the Irish Revolution Edited by John Crowley, Donal O Drisceoil and Mike Murphy published by Cork University Press 2017 ISBN 9781782051176