Dromore West
Dromore West
An Droim Mór Thiar | |
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Village | |
 Dromore West lies on the N59 | |
  Dromore West Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°15′06″N 8°53′35″W / 54.2517°N 8.8931°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Connacht |
| County | County Sligo |
| Elevation | 56 m (184 ft) |
| Population | 292 |
| Irish Grid Reference | G418340 |
Dromore West (Irish: An Droim Mór Thiar[2]) is a village in County Sligo, Ireland.
Dromore West is situated on the Dunneil River and sits between the Ox Mountains and the Atlantic coast. A river walk runs from just below the petrol station towards the sea.[citation needed] There is an old Napoleonic tower at the top of Ballykilcash hill, on the Wild Atlantic Way, near the village.[citation needed]
There is a pub in the village centre, though not open throughout the week, it does not serve food.[citation needed] There is a mini supermarket, a petrol station with shop and off licence, a chemist, a hairdresser, HSE health centre, Chinese takeaway & Kebab shop, a butcher and a post office & a Veterinary practice. The old parish church, near the school in Leharrow, had been replaced by a modern one close to the village on the Easkey road. [citation needed] There are two Christian churches - one Anglican and one Roman Catholic - in the village.
History
[edit]In 1600, Red Hugh O'Donnell, a sixteenth-century Irish clan chief and Lord of Tyrconnell, visited Dromore West. He came to make peace with the Connacht clans and to seek their help for his march to Kinsale during the Nine Years' War (1593–1603). [3]
People
[edit]- Patrick Collins RHA, 1911–1994, one of Ireland's foremost painters of the 20th century was born in Dromore West.
- Hannah Rutledge Ormsby (1901–1938), known as Ruth, was born in Belville, Dromore West. She was a qualified nurse who traveled to Spain in 1936 to care for wounded Spanish Republicans and International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War where she tragically died in May 1938. She was the only Irishwoman to die in the Spanish Civil War. [4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Census Mapping – Dromore West". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
- ^ "An Droim Mór Thiar/Dromore West". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ^ "Red Hugh commemorated". Independent.ie. 29 April 2000. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Honour for war nurse Ruth". Independent.ie. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
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