placenamesDrumandoora
Drom an Dúdhoire
School records trace a local story from a troubled episode in 1922 to classroom arts in the early twenty-first century.
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
- Drom an Dúdhoire · Irish · main form · validated name
- Drumandoora · English · main form
- Dromindoora · English · main form · local name
Place & story
A school in the archives
A Military Archives catalogue entry records a complaint by Reverend M. Considine about Drumandoora National School. The four-page file runs from 10 August to 6 October 1922 and concerns smashed windows and the possible involvement of the Minister of Defence. It preserves a glimpse of the difficulties facing this rural school during the Civil War. [2]
Learning and making
The school uses the spelling Dromindoora and belongs to the Catholic parish of Killanena-Flagmount. Clare Libraries records a felt project, The Legend of Grania, made with artist Alana Lennon in November and December 2003. The school today describes two mainstream classrooms, a library and dedicated support-teaching space. [3] [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Clare
- Barony
- Tulla Upper
- Civil parish
- Feakle
- Within
- Drumandoora
- Coordinates
- 52.99471, -8.70005 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412551 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumandoora. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Departmental A-Files: DOD-A-07208 · Military Archives
- Dromindoora National School · Clare Libraries
- Dromindoora National School · Dromindoora National School
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.