placenamesPlumbridge
Droichead an Phlum
The red sandstone church on Dergbrough Road carries the date 1896.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Droichead an Phlum · Irish · main form · validated name
- Plumbridge · English · main form
Place & story
A church built together
The Historic Environment Division survey describes a cruciform church with a square western tower and an eastern chancel. Its matching masonry suggests that these elements belong to one building campaign. Pointed windows contain stained glass, while battlements crown the tower. [2]
Renewal a century later
A plaque records restoration between August 1989 and August 1990, inspired by parish priest Denis McConologue. The 2009 survey notes extensive interior refurbishment, including replacement pews and flooring. Its historical research also identifies an earlier Catholic chapel on the 1833 Ordnance Survey map. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Strabane Upper
- Civil parish
- Bodoney Upper
- Coordinates
- 54.76458, -7.25421 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 135107 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Plumbridge. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Church of the Sacred Heart, Plumbridge: HB10/05/005, surveyed 7 April 2009 · Historic Environment Division, Department for Communities
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2010-04-19. How this page was prepared.