placenamesDrumcar
Droim Chora
Lewis’s account records arrangements before the later parish church.
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
- Droim Chora · Irish · main form · validated name
- Drumcar · English · main form
Place & story
Services beside the old churchyard
In 1837, Lewis recorded Drumcar’s old parish church as a ruin within the McClintock demesne, with its churchyard still used for burials. Protestant parishioners attended church at Dunleer, while the curate also held Sunday evening services in Drumcar’s schoolroom. Catholic worship likewise used a house provided for the priest, rather than a regular chapel. [2]
Patronage of teaching
Mr. and Lady McClintock supported a school teaching more than one hundred children. Lewis put the master’s pay and other expenses together at £50 a year. He separately recorded Mr. Thompson’s support for a school of forty children. [2]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drumcar. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Drumcar, 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.