Drum Brochure

Wake House at Nure
At Nure, one can see
Ireland's only restored
Wake house located on an
ancient funeral route to
Clonmacnoise that was much
used by the noble families
of the North & West of
Ireland. There are a number
of decorative wall panels on
view. gives you a greater
appreciation for life.
Meehambee Dolmen
The Meehambee Dolmen is a
megalithic portal tomb
dating from about 3500 BC -
1000 years before the
building of the great
pyramids of Egypt.
Originally supported on 6
upright portals, 2.3 metres
high.
The capstone is estimated to
weigh twenty-four tonnes.
The portal stone supporting
the back of the capstone has
collapsed, causing the
capstone to slide backwards
out of position. It is
thought that these tombs
were either the burial place
of a single important king or
chieftain or perhaps the
tombs of several members
of a tribe.
Curraghaleen Hedge
School
A hedge school is a school
set up in 19th century rural
Ireland, usually by a local
man giving oral teaching in
the area. The name suggests
an outdoor school, but often
they were in barns. Not
many ruins of Hedge Schools
are to be found today in
rural Ireland.
However, in Curraghaleen,
Drum significant ruins that
had shown one small section
of a wall of the old school
remained in place over the
years