placenamesDromin
An Dromainn
Historical accounts link the ruined castle with an eighteenth-century writer on painting, poetry and music.
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
- An Dromainn · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dromainn Uí Chléirchín · Irish · main form · historical name
- Dromainn Ó gCléirchín · Irish · main form · historical name
- Dromin · English · main form
Place & story
A literary association in a working building
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 account of Dromin identifies nearby Meadstown Castle as Daniel Webb’s birthplace. Lewis described substantial surviving walls and a farmer occupying part of the castle when he wrote. The account records an older fortified building continuing in practical use, alongside its connection with a writer. [2]
Writing about the arts
The historical Dictionary of National Biography gives Webb’s birthplace as Maidstown, County Limerick, and his birth year as 1718 or 1719. He entered New College, Oxford, in 1735 and later lived chiefly in Bath. His works included An Inquiry into the Beauties of Painting, published in 1760, and Observations on the Correspondence between Poetry and Music, published in 1769. He died in 1798. [3]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dromin. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dromin, Coshma: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
- Webb, Daniel: Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900 · E. I. C., Dictionary of National Biography
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.