School: Druim Beag (roll number 9035)
- Location:
- Drumbeg, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sinéad Bean de Faoite
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1105, Page 162
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- My townland is Dromore, in the parish of Taughboyne, barony of Raphoe.
It contains thirteen families.
The approximate population is sixtyfive.
It is named Dromore from a hill or ridge which runs North to South through the townland.
There is about five people over seventy.
They do not speak Irish.
Some of them can tell stories in English.
Houses were much more numerous in former times
There are no ruins. They have been tumbled and and used for other purposes.
A great many people emigrated to America and other countries.
There was a song about the hill of Dromore.
The land is good and there is some wood growing around the several farmsteads.
- Collector
- Pearl Alexander
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromore, Co. Donegal
