placenamesDromcolliher
Drom Collachair
Lewis described cultivated slopes near the Cork boundary and limestone worked for local use.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Drom Collachair · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dromcolliher · English · main form
- Drumcollogher · English · main form · local name
Place & story
Cultivation and quarrying
Samuel Lewis described Dromcolliher’s hills south of the village as cultivated almost to their summits in 1837. He placed them along the natural boundary between Limerick and Cork. About a quarter of the parish’s land was under tillage, with the rest meadow and pasture. Limestone quarries supplied material for agriculture and building. Lewis also mentioned a belief that coal lay in the hills, while explicitly reporting that no attempt had been made to work it. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Limerick
- Barony
- Connello Upper
- Coordinates
- 52.36052, -8.91681
- Mapped area
- 19.61 km²
- Logainm ID
- 1536 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dromcolliher. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumcolloher, A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.