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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868
In 1868, the parish of Drumhome contained the following places:"DRUMHOME, a parish in the barony of Tirhugh, in the county of Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 4 miles N. of Ballyshannon. Ballintra is its post town. The parish contains the village of Laghy. It occupies a prominent site at the head of Donegal Bay. The surface is mountainous with bog and moor. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Raphce, value £755, in the patronage of Trinity College. There are churches at Ballintra and Rossnowlagh; the former was erected in 1795 partly by means of a donation from the late Board of First Fruits; the latter was built in 1830 wholly by the same board. Here are a Roman Catholic chapel, Presbyterian and Methodist meeting-houses, thirteen day schools, and eight Sunday schools. The principal seats are Coxtown and Brownhall. An abbey is said to have existed here, over which St. Ernon presided, and died in 640; within its walls were deposited the remains of Flahertach O'Maldory, King of Tyrcounell, in 1197. A large warren exists in the N.W. of the parish.
"BALLINTRA, a village in the parish of Drumhome, and barony of Tirhugh, in the county of Donegal, province of Munster, Ireland, 5 miles to the S. of Donegal. It is situated near the coast of Donegal Bay. The country is bleak and uninteresting, but there is a spot of singular beauty near the village; it is the demesne surrounding Brown Hall, with fine groves, rugged precipices, a fair river with falls and a pleasant lake-this tract is called "The Pullins." The parish church is in the village. Here is also a chapel of the Wesleyans, a dispensary, and a police station. Petty sessions are held once a fortnight. Fairs are held in February, March, May, June, August, October and November."
"LAGHY, a post-office village in the parish of Drumhome, in the barony of Tirhugh, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 3 miles S.E. of Donegal. A fair for the sale of flax seed is held on the 29th April."
[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018