Origin of name: ‘Drumconrath’
The following is study of the name in manuscript and document.
Druim Condraighe: ‘the raighe’ or ‘raidhe’ means people or tribe. The hill or ridge of the Condra tribe.
All scholars agree that ‘raighe’ = people/tribe (e.g. Joyce in his “Placenames” and an tAth. De Bhulf in his clan names)
Mythology has it in the book of Ballymote (compiled about 1380A.D.) That Cairbre Cindchait placed 46 ‘tribes’ of the victorious Aiteachaigh on Sliabh Breagh (Aiteachaigh overcame the reigning Celts and made Cairbre King).
O Raithile, famous Gaelic Historian & Irish Language scholar, in his article in Revue Celtique c. 338 says “the Condraighe no doubt were placed on the hill of Drumcondra in the lower barony of Slane
in Co. Meath”.
Therefore Druimcondraighe would b e a wellknown landmark to be used in the telling of Battles fought long ago.
The spelling ‘Drumconrath’ first appears in the Down Survey map 1836.
The Postal Authorities arbitrarily adopted this spelling.
Researched and Compiled by Kathleen McArdle, “Brookville”, Drumconrath. Source: Faith History of Drumconrath – Meath Hill.