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An Droim
Drum’s former school, landed estate records and parish history book preserve different strands of its past.
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 Droim · Irish · main form
- Drum · English · main form
Place & story
A former school becomes a heritage centre
Drum's community website identifies the parish hall and heritage centre as the former Drumpark National School, just east of the old monastic site. Saint Brigid's Church stands to the south, while adjoining ground continues in use for burial. These buildings and grounds form a group of community institutions within a parish spread across the countryside west of Athlone. [2]
The Naghtens of Thomastown
The Naghten estate was based in Drum parish. The University of Galway's Landed Estates account records Thomas Mahon Naghten on County Roscommon's Grand Panel in 1828 and a family estate of 4,829 acres in the county in the 1870s. It identifies Thomastown Park and Cuilleen House as associated houses within Drum, linking the estate's history with two distinct parish townlands. [3]
Edward Egan’s parish history
Edward Egan researched, compiled and edited Drum and its Hinterland, first published by Drum Heritage Group in 1994 and issued again in 2003. A 2023 reprint added twenty pages, including contributions by local writer Pat Watson on the IFA, Summerhill school and convent, and family research. The group's work brought together house history, the War of Independence, religious life and cemetery inscriptions in a continuing parish publication. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Roscommon
- Barony
- Athlone South
- Coordinates
- 53.38678, -7.99795
- Mapped area
- 65.32 km²
- Logainm ID
- 2066 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Drum. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- About Drum · Drum Community Centre
- Naghten (Thomastown), estate1451 · University of Galway, Landed Estates
- Relaunch of Drum parish history book,24November2023 · Westmeath Independent; Drum Heritage Group announcement
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2021-10-29. How this page was prepared.