Dromod

Dromod Dromad
Village
Railway station
Dromod Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°51′27″N7°55′12″W / 53.8576°N 7.9201°W / 53.8576; -7.9201
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Leitrim
Elevation	282 m (925 ft)
Population  (2022) [1]	753
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	N055907

Dromod or Drumod (Irish : Dromad, meaning 'long ridge, or back of the wood') ^[2] is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland. ^{[3] [4]} Dromod is a fishing village beside Bofin and Boderg, which are threaded by the River Shannon. Built along the River Shannon, this is a Tidy Towns winner with a modern harbour that is frequently used by cruiser traffic.^{[ citation needed ]} A water feature in the centre of the village, entitled 'The Weeping Tree', and was made by a local craftsman from a piece of bog oak which was found nearby.^{[ citation needed ]}

Demographics

Between 2006 and 2022, the population of Dromod increased from 210 to 753, ^[1] an increase of 258.6%.

Dromod railway station

The village has a station on the Dublin-Sligo railway line connecting Sligo and Dublin Connolly long the mainline. Dromod railway station opened on 3 December 1862 and remains in operation, despite closing for goods services on 3 November 1975. ^[5] Dromod also had a railway station on the narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway. It opened on 24 October 1887 and finally closed on 1 April 1959. ^[5] A short section of narrow gauge line has been reopened at the station as part of preservation efforts. ^[6]

History

Dromod's former Garda station (closed in 2014)

In Gaelic Ireland the place was called "Dromode mac Shanley" in recognition of the dominant Mac Shanly sept of Muintir Eolais. ^[7] The town is mentioned once in the Irish Annals- "1473: A great war broke out in Muintir-Eolais; and much was destroyed between them, both by burning and slaying. An attack was made by Mac Rannall on the town of Mac Shanly, and the town was burned, and Donough, the son of Donough Mac Shanly, and many others, were slain by him". ^[8]

An Iron works was established at Dromod c. 1693 – c. 95. ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Pig iron brought to Dromod Finery forge was used to produce an malleable iron product, for transportation to Dublin and Limerick. ^{[10] [11] [12]} The operation was closed down in the 1790s, due to an exhaustion of forests locally. ^[9]

Through at least the 19th and 20th century, seven annual fairs were held at Dromod- 1 January, 28 March (or 29th), 15 May, 26 June (or 29th), 14 August, 10 October (or 11th), and 11 December. ^{[13] [14]}

Between 2000 and 2007, during the Celtic Tiger period, the village grew and several new housing estates and buildings were built in the area.^{[ citation needed ]} Dromod was classified, by the Central Statistics Office, as a census town for the first time in the 2006 census.^{[ citation needed ]} At that time it had a population of 210 people. ^[1] By the 2022 census, the population had grown to 753 people. ^[1]

The N4 national road, which previously ran through the village, was routed around Dromod and neighbouring Roosky with the opening of the N4 Dromod Roosky Bypass in December 2007. ^[15]

People

• John McDonald, a 19th-century poet, lived near Dromod^{[ citation needed ]}

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

Notes and references

Notes

1. Iron works at Dromod and Ballinamore, on land confiscated from the Irish during the plantations of Ireland, had been established around 1695, by english adventurers named Capt. William Slacke, John Skerret, and Joseph Hall. ^[9]

References

1. "Drumod (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
2. Joyce 1913, pp. 331, 336.
3. "Dromod". Welcome to Leitrim. 3 June 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
4. "Dromad / Drumod". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
5. "Dromod station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 5 September 2007.
6. Oram, Hugh (21 July 2016). "All aboard – An Irishman's Diary about the Cavan & Leitrim Railway". The Irish Times . Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
7. Downs Survey 1641.
8. O'Donovan 1856, pp. M1473.19.
9. Kelly 1995, pp. 1–12.
10. Meehan 1926, pp. 413.
11. Buchan 1860, pp. 12.
12. Murray 1866, pp. 155.
13. Longman 2011, pp. 405.
14. Watsons 1830.
15. "Minister Devins opens N4 Dromod-Rooskey Bypass". independent.ie. Sligo Champion. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2024.

Sources

• O'Donovan, John, ed. (1856). Annála Rioghachta Éireann. Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Four Masters ... with a Translation and Copious Notes. 7 vols. Translated by O'Donovan (2nd ed.). Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. CELT editions. Full scans at Internet Archive: Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3; Vol. 4; Vol. 5; Vol. 6; Indices.
• Downs Survey (1641). "Town of McShanley". Archived from the original on 25 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
• Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston) (1913). Irish names of places (PDF). Vol. v.3. Dublin : Phoenix.
• Longman (2011) [1819]. Traveller's New Guide Through Ireland, Containing a New and Accurate Description of the Roads (digitized from original in Lyon Public Library ed.). Longman. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
• Meehan, Joseph B. (1926). "Cavan and Leitrim Items in 18th Century Periodicals. I." (PDF). The Breiffne Antiquarian Society's Journal. Breiffne Antiquarian Society. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
• Buchan, Patrick (1860). "On the Composition of the Iron Ores of the Connaught Coal-field". The Journal of the Royal Dublin Society. 2 (Original from the University of California; Digitized 20 October 2010 ed.): 1–27. Archived from the original on 28 February 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
• Watsons (1830). The Gentleman's and citizen's almanack ... for the year (PDF). Dublin, Printed for S. Watson [etc.]
• Murray, John (1866). Handbook for travellers in Ireland (2 ed.). John Murrary. p.  155.
• Kelly, Liam (1995). The face of Time. Lilliput Press.

External links

• Dromod railway station Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
• Community website (archived 2011)