placenamesDromara
Droim Bearach
Lewis recorded a market day that had changed from its original patent.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Droim Bearach · Irish · main form
- Dromara · English · main form
Place & story
From Thursday to Friday
Samuel Lewis’s 1837 description of Dromara, written as Dromaragh or Annesborough, records a patent granting a Thursday market. By his account the market had moved to Friday and dealt chiefly in butter and linen yarn. The earlier three-day September fair had also given way to fairs on the first Fridays of February, May, August and November, selling farming stock and pedlary goods. [2]
Bleaching at Woodford
Within the wider parish, Lewis recorded extensive bleachworks at Woodford, formerly James Black’s residence. He described it as a former flourishing centre of linen manufacture, alongside the continuing works. His notice links the district’s linen trade with both processing and market activity, but supplies no workforce figure or annual production total for Woodford. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Down
- Barony
- Iveagh Lower, Lower Half
- Barony
- Iveagh Upper, Lower Half
- Coordinates
- 54.37321, -6.01469 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 57.35 km²
- Logainm ID
- 65719 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dromara. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dromaragh or Annesborough: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2019-10-08. How this page was prepared.