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Dromore

An Drom Mór

This eastern Clare townland is separate from the woodland reserve near Ruan.

Recorded locationDromore52.89997° N · 8.65823° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

droimridgemórgreat, big

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 Mór · Irish · main form
  • Dromore · English · main form

Place & story

Thirty inhabitants

Dromore had thirty inhabitants in 1901, fifteen male and fifteen female, in six occupied houses. Its population had been fifty in 1881 and thirty-nine in 1891, with nine and seven houses respectively. The census places this Dromore in Feakle parish and Tulla Upper barony, under Coolreagh electoral division and Feakle dispensary district, within Scariff Poor Law Union. Its recorded area was 106 acres, two roods and five perches. [2]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Clare
Civil parish
Feakle
Coordinates
52.89997, -8.65823
Mapped area
0.43 km²
Logainm ID
7618 ↗

People & family history

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

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Dromore. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland 1901: County Clare, Table VII, printed page 61 · Census Commissioners for Ireland, 1902
  3. 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 2021-01-28. How this page was prepared.