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Drom West

An Drom Thiar

Drom West is a townland in Kerry. Explore its recorded names and geographic context.

Recorded locationDrom West52.03678° N · 9.98885° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ieOpen in OpenStreetMap ↗

The name

droimridge

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 Drom Thiar · Irish · main form · non-validated name
  • Drom West · English · main form

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Kerry
Barony
Iveragh
Civil parish
Glanbehy
Within
Glanbehy
Coordinates
52.03678, -9.98885
Mapped area
1.93 km²
Logainm ID
22288 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

1901 census

272People recorded
56Households recorded

Most frequent surnames in this year’s matched records

  • Moriarty 73
  • Riordan 34
  • Burke 24
  • Sugrue 19
  • Cahill 15
Explore the 1901 records ↗

1926 census

No verified place match is available for this year. This does not indicate a population of zero.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Drom West. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2015-12-11. How this page was prepared.