Drumcong

Village in County Leitrim, Ireland

Village in Connacht, Ireland
Drumcong
Droim Conga
Village
St. Brigid's R.C. Church in Drumcong
St. Brigid's R.C. Church in Drumcong
54°01′41″N 7°58′20″W / 54.0281°N 7.9722°W / 54.0281; -7.9722
CountryIreland
ProvinceConnacht
CountyCounty Leitrim
Elevation
69 m (226 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceH018087

Drumcong (Irish: Droim Conga, meaning 'Ridge of the Cong, a narrow neck or strait')[1][2] is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland, located between Lough Scur and Carrickaport Lough.[3]

Overview

Drumcong is between Ballinamore and Carrick-on-Shannon on the R208 road. The village consists of St. Bridget's National School, also known as Drumcong Central School,[4] St. Brigid's Church, burial grounds, and two businesses. St. Brigid's Church, of Roman Catholic denomination, is a barn church which was restored after falling into disuse for two decades.

The Lakeside Tavern, a pub and shop, is owned and operated by James and Eilis Cardiff.[5] Drumcong is classed as a Tier 4 Village in Leitrim County Council's Development Plan 2009–2015.[6]

The village of Drumcong developed around Kiltubrid Railway Station, which opened on 16 June 1885 and closed on 18 October 1958.[citation needed]

See also

Notes and references

Primary sources

  1. ^ O'Donovan's Name Books (Kiltubrid) Parish Compiled by John O'Donovan in 1835. Re-arranged and re-typed by FAS Project in Leitrim Genealogy Centre, Ballinamore in 1994.
  2. ^ Joyce 1913, pp. 319.
  3. ^ Leitrim Observer 1970, pp. 3.
  4. ^ "Citizens Information".
  5. ^ "The Lakeside Tavern".
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.leitrimcoco.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

Secondary sources

  • Joyce, P. W. (Patrick Weston) (1913). Irish names of places (PDF). Vol. v.3. Dublin : Phoenix.

External links

  • Media related to Drumcong, County Leitrim, Ireland at Wikimedia Commons
  • Leitrim Observer (1970). "Drumcong jamboree and dancing carnival". Leitrim Observer. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2017.