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are held on May 20th, September 25th, and October
27th, principally for cattle, sheep, and pigs; and there
is a constabulary police station. The living is a rectory,
in the diocese of Cork, united to part of the rectory of
Fanlobbus, and constituting the corps of the prebend of
Dromdaleague, in the cathedral of St. Finbarr, Cork,
and in the patronage of the Bishop. The tithes amount
to £450. The church is a small edifice built in 1790.
In the R. C. divisions this parish is the head of a union
or district comprising also the parish of Drinagh, in
each of which is a chapel; that of Dromdaleague, a large
cruciform edifice, is well built and roofed with slate.
About 150 children are educated in the parochial and
another school, the former aided by donations from Lord
Carbery and the incumbent; and about 130 children
are taught in three private schools: there is also a Sun-
day school. Near Dromdaleague House is a chalybeate
spring, similar to that of Dunmanway. Two miles
north from the church is Castle Donovan, erected by
the head of the sept of that name in the reign of
Henry IV.; a lofty square tower, with some other de-
tached portions of the castle, rise in majestic grandeur
in a pass between two lofty mountains.
DRQMDEELY, or TOMDEELY, a parish, in the
barony of LOWER CONNELLO EAST, county of LIMERICK,
and province of MUNSTER, 1½ mile (W.by S.) from As-
keaton, on the south bank of the Shannon; containing
430 inhabitants. It comprises 1275 statute acres, as
applotted under the tithe act: the land, which is nearly
all arable, is generally light and much intermingled with
limestone. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of
Limerick, and in the gift of the Precentor of St. Mary’s
cathedral, Limerick; the rectory forms part of the
union of Nantinan, and the corps of the precentorship:
the tithes amount to £75, of which £50 is payable to
the precentor, and £25 to the vicar. In the R. C. divi-
sions, the parish forms part of the union or district of
Askeaton. Several islands in the Shannon belong to it;
the largest is Greenish (which see), containing 45 acres.
There are ruins of the old church, and, not far distant,
of Dromdeely castle, a small square tower built by the
Mahonys, and which, since the final expulsion of the
Geraldines in 1580, has been gradually falling into
decay.
DROMDOWNA.—See DRUMDOWNEY.
DROMIN, a parish, in the barony of COSHMA, county
of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 2 miles (S.)
from Bruff, on the roads from Limerick to Cork, and
from Croom to Kilmallock; containing 1454 inhabit-
ants. This parish comprises 4007 acres, as applotted
under the tithe act, the whole of which is fertile and
well cultivated: about one-half is in tillage, the re-
mainder being rich meadow and pasture land, on which
great numbers of cattle are annually fattened. There
is neither waste land nor bog; fuel is consequently
scarce, and the poor suffer greatly for want of it. The
living is a rectory, in the diocese of Limerick, and in
the patronage of John Croker, Esq., of Ballynaguard,
being usually held with Athlacca; the tithes amount to
£305. 9. 5., and the glebe comprises 24 acres. In the
R. C. divisions the parish is the head of a union or dis-
trict comprising also Athlacca, and parts of the parishes
of Urcgare and Glenogra, and containing two chapels,
one in Dromin, and one in Athlacca. There is a private
school, in which about 50 boys and 20 girls are taught.
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The ruins of Dromin church stand on an eminence near
the middle of the parish, not far from which are the
remains of Meadstown castle, built by the sept of
O’Hanlon, in the 15th century, the walls of which are
nearly entire; it was dismantled by order of Cromwell
in 1654. A part of this castle is occupied by a farmer,
and has acquired some modem celebrity by being the
birth-place of Daniel Webb, Esq., author of the “Har-
monies of Poetry and Music.”
DROMIN, a parish, in the barony of ARDEE, county
of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, l½ mile (N. W.)
from Dunleer, near the road from Drogheda to Dun-
dalk; containing 855 inhabitants, of which number, 141
are in the village. According to the Ordnance survey,
it comprises 2042£ statute acres. Rathcoole House, the
seat of E. Tisdall, Esq., is situated in a neat demesne.
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and forms
part of the union of Collon: the tithes amount to
£204. 9.7., and the glebe comprises 9¾ acres. In the
R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Dunleer: the chapel adjoins the village. About 180
children are taught in a school under the patronage of
the Rev. W. H. Forster, the incumbent, who pays the
master £10 per ann. Contiguous to the village are the
remains of the old church, and a churchyard; and near
the chapel is a large rath.
DROMINEER, a parish, in the barony of LOWER
QRMOND, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUN-
STER, 5 miles (N. W.) from Nenagh, containing 561 in-
habitants. This parish, which is bounded on the east
by Lough Derg, comprises I672 statute acres of arable
and pasture land. The principal seats are Annabeg,
the residence of J. R. Minnitt, Esq.; Shannon Vale, of
J. Odell, Esq.; and Hazle Point, of Lieut. P. Bayly, R. N.
It is a rectory, in. the diocese of Killaloe, and one of
the parishes that constitute the union of Ballynaclough:
the tithes amount to £110. In the R. C. divisions it
forms part of the union or district of Monsea. A school,
endowed by the Countess of Farnham with £30 per ann.,
and an acre and a half of land, affords instruction to
about 40 children; and about 80 more are taught in a
private school. One of the principal stations of the
Inland Navigation Company on the Shannon has been
established near the castle of Dromineer, which is much
dilapidated. Here is a Danish fort, occupying more
than two acres, in the ditch surrounding which brass
battle-axes, coins, large human bones, &c, have been
discovered.
DROMISKIN, a parish, in the barony and county
of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, on the road from
Drogheda to Dundalk; containing, with the post-town
of Lurgan-green, 2621 inhabitants, of which number,
377 are in the village. According to the Ordnance
survey it comprises 5312 statute acres, mostly of good
quality and under an improved system of tillage; there
is neither waste land nor bog. The principal seats are
Drornisken House, the residence of the Brabazon family;
the glebe-house, of the Rev. J. Smythe; and Miltown
Grange, of Mrs. Fortescue. The living is a rectory
and vicarage, recently separated from Darver, in the
diocese of Armagh, and in the patronage of the Lord-
Primate: the tithes amount to £573. 17. 7. The
glebe-house was built in 1766, at an expense of
£993. 10. The glebe comprises 21 acres, valued at
£63 per annum. The church is a handsome structure,
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