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Rh DROM K I DEOMTAKIFF. Lurgan Green. The road from Dublin to !; traverses the interior. The living is a root, and vie. in the dioc. of Armagh, val. 491, in tin 1 patron, of the primate. The church is a fine edifice, rebuilt in 1821 by the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is united to that of Darver. There is a day school in con- neetioii with the Xati I, and one other. The nces worthy of note are Dromiskin lluso and Milltown Grange. Near the churcli are ruins of a round tower, no-v used as a belfry. At Milltown is an embattled tower, and near it a subterraneous passage, supposed to have formerly communicated with the DROMKEEN, a par. in the bar. of Clanwilliam, in the co. of Limerick, prov. of Munster, Ireland, !i. N. V. of Pallasgrcen, its post town. Tt is u station on tin 1 Waterford and Limerick railway. The parish is situated on the road from Limerick to Tipperary. The living is a rect. in the dioc. of Emly, val. with Kilcoran, 180, in the patron, of the bishop. The church ia an < ! cruciform structure, built by the late Board of First Fruits in 1831. Near it stands the Roman Catholic chapel. The principal residences are Dromkecn House, once the family residence of the Burghs, and Williamsfort. Near the first-named demesne are the remains of an old church, with memorials to the Burgh family. Limestone is quarried here. DROMOD, a par. and post town in the bar. of Iveragh, in the co. of Kerry, prov. of Munster, Ireland, 7 miles S.E. of Cahersiveeu, its post town, and 1 1 from Longford by the Sligo branch of the Midland On at Western railway. It is .-ituai.d near the embouchure of the liver Jnny into lialHnaskclligs Bay, with Lough Curran on the right. The surface is for the (.: ] art waste, upland, and bog. The living is united to that of Prior, in the dioc. of Ardfcrt and Aghador, val. 260, in the patron, of the crown. The church is a ruin, but service is held in one of the schoolhouses. There is a Roman Catholic chapol here, and one at Prior. The endowed school was founded by James O'Connell, Esq., and there are parochial and other schools within the parish. The residences are Watervillo and Dromod Lodge. Lough Curran abounds with fish, and large quantities of salmon are annually sent to London. Numerous islets stud its surface ; among them is Church Island, with interesting church ruins, supposed to lie part of an abbey founded in honour of St. Finian. is a medicinal spring at Watcrville. Large quantities of seaweed from the bay are used as manure, building stone is quarried. DBOMOBE, a vil. in thn par. of Kilnaboy, bar. of Inchiquin, in thuco. of ( 'lare, prov. of Munster, Ireland, '> miles N.W. of Ennis, and near a lough bearing the name name. Fairs nn 1 held on the 17th June and 26th September. DROMOUK, a par., market and post town, and seat of a dioc., in the bar. of Lower Iveagh (!<. in the 1 > iv.-n, prov. of Ulster, Ireland, 111 mile s X. V. ,,( Downpatri. k, and 84 from Dublin. At Dromore is a station on the Irish North-Western railway. The parish is traversed hy the river Lagan, and the road from Dublin to Belfast. It was desolated by the Danes in the 10th century. In Hill it was nearly destroyed by the insurgents, and in 16S8 was tho scene of a sharp I me .if 111.' !'.,llowe] | of ,l;'lnes 1 I. and tin 1 1'rotc-tants. William III. ].ass. d through thn town when marching to the I'oyne. In the I uli century two Sir ,Mm Holt and Sir liol.ert liclknapp, who had ile. lai.d I;i. hard II. to be a traitor and the law, v.i re condemned to death, but wei sentenced to banishment to the " village of Drom
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Lagan, which is In-re crossed by two bridges, on one of which i.s a memorial to lii-hop IVroy. Its position is on the rise <if a hill, Innc/- its name from " great ridge." It eh icily consists of five divergent d e. It contains 1.. ii.,!ice lodge, di.^K'nsary in tin i -l.iw I'nioi , land revenue office, mechanics' institute, sheriff's-ofBce .stamp-office, sessions and market houses. The principal staple of tho town is the manufacture of linen. The living is a reel, iu the dioe. of Dromore, val. 680, in the patron, of the bishop. The cathedral church stands near the town, on the banks of the Lagan; it was ie-toied and .Tod in 1808, having been burnt in Hill. Within its walls li- s Jeremy 'j founder, and other bishont of thi ->. , H Catholic and I'nit.i Is, two Pres't Methodist, and two ' ".'meeting-house Sunday, nine or ten National, and, -. li.,l< Tho priiicip:i' ' .illhall, Island. -iry House, CUn- IIIUITV, Altafort, (Juilly House, and Tin- V is sfiid to have been founded here by St. Colnun, which to. It is also alleged that a Franciscan ii 1 T.itln- N.K. of^^^^l is a large Danish rath, and just without its limits is a nal spring. The diocese of Drom< u Down and Connor. It comprises a large county of Down, and parts of Armagh an area is 155,850 acres, including '27 churches, 4.5 I'retbr- terian meeting-houses, 34 Roman Cath Protestant meeting-houses, and the lib. which contains the Roman Catholic chapter. A dean, archdeacon, chancellor, precentor, treasui . ..institute i if Dromore. ^^H day is Saturday, and Wednesday for corn. I held on tta first Saturday in March, ' ' ( -**f^B the 12th May, and the Saturd , i ta. Ii; DROMORE, a par. and post town in the bar. ofj^B . in the eo. of Tyrone, prov. <>l I'Uter, I. miles S.W. of Omagh, on the ; surface is hilly ana boggy, with a : ing into lower Lough Erne, passing along the we>; tho river Oureagh, a trib.i: :,, eflecU tho drainage to the N. The living i.s a n the dioc. of Cloghor, val. '." m. of the bishop. The church is a plain buil. There is a Roman Cath..lic . Methodist m. . scnools in coiniection with ; with the London Irish Society, an I schools. There i within the Omagh l'o..i-!aw I'nion. Ii the rebellion, the church v. inhabitants killed. Fairy Hill i Ruins of an. on tho 1st February. 17lli .March. I .Mondays, 1st May, 24th .lui tcmber, 1st November, and 2(lth i hunMoKK i.ori.n ... .1 norsK, . i the cos. of (,'avan and .Monnghan,
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IIKO.MOUK, V. : macshalgan, bar. of Tiivragh, in n r,. night, Iv. iles S.W. of situated on the haul.-; of I.oiluh I ! on thu road from Sligo to lii-lliiia. Hi.. neighb. lith Jin. I i. mber. DROMTARIFF, a par. in the bar. of the co. of Cork, prov. of .Mun . f Kai.lilll,. . . n. It is I'dackwatcr, and on tli. i 1 from Itoskeeil HridgS^to i The sill i. l intain .ts ofbog. The living is a vie. in of ArdfiTt and Aghadoe. val. with two o: i-isho]!. The church i it is a neat, buililiiig erected in 1SJJ by the late Board Of the old. in Ki.VJ by tfooj.s nn.br I.oid I'.i. .^liill, on 1 ICnOckbrack, where he defeated I .old M- which is a tuple lancet window of stained gla*-. Leader. I .1 and Cull. n. Tlcie aic i' -ii. The principal Heats are > .Minchill. and the ' " ' 9 abundant