DROMINEER

In 1868, the parish of Dromineer contained the following places:

"DROMINEER, a parish in the barony of Lower Ormond, in the county of Tipperary, province of Munster, Ireland, 2 miles N.W. of Nenagh, its post town. It is situated on the eastern side of Lough Derg, and on the S. bank of the river Nenagh. The living is a rectory with Ballinaclough, in the diocese of Killaloe, in the patronage of the crown. Here are two schools, one of which is endowed by the Countess of Farnham. The principal residences are Annabeg, Hazlepoint, and Shannon Vale. This place is a chief station of the Shannon Navigation Company. Here are the ruins of Dromineer Castle, and a Danish rath; within its moat numerous relics have been found. A very handsome shell marble is quarried here."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018