placenamesDromore
An Droim Mór
The parish’s nineteenth-century fairs and Saint Dympna’s later sporting memories record different forms of local gathering.
The name
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Recorded forms
- An Droim Mór · Irish · main form
- Dromore · English · main form
Place & story
A calendar of agricultural fairs
Lewis’s 1837 account described Dromore village as about a hundred thatched houses, with a police station, penny post to Omagh and dispensary. Its stock fairs followed a busy annual calendar, including Easter Monday, Whit Monday, Saint Patrick’s Day and several other fixed dates. The parish also had Presbyterian worship at Gardrum and a Methodist meeting place at Toghardoo, alongside its Church of Ireland and Catholic churches. [2]
Saint Dympna’s takes shape
The club’s own anniversary history dates the foundation of the present Saint Dympna’s club to 1933, under Father H. O’Hanlon’s presidency. Immediately beforehand, Dromore players had competed in Fermanagh with Seemuldoon, winning a junior championship in 1932. The account distinguishes these earlier arrangements from the continuing Dromore club. [3]
A curse in sporting memory
The same 2008 history recalls supporters expecting victory over Coalisland in the 1946 county final at Pomeroy. Defeat strengthened talk of a curse, a belief it also associates with later championship disappointments. Its celebration of the 2007 champions finally gave that remembered sequence a victorious ending. The curse belongs to supporters’ interpretation of sporting fortunes. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Tyrone
- Barony
- Omagh East
- Coordinates
- 54.51876, -7.49808 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 103.17 km²
- Logainm ID
- 63179 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dromore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- DromoreTyrone,A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland1837 · Samuel Lewis
- SaintDympnasClubHistory:2008GalaBrochureextract · Dromore Saint Dympna’s GFC
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2014-01-18. How this page was prepared.