Drumcong
Drumcong (Irish: Droim Conga, meaning 'Ridge of the Cong, a narrow neck or strait') is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland, located between Lough Scur and Carrickaport Lough.
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, 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. Drumcong is classed as a Tier 4 Village in Leitrim County Council's Development Plan 2009–2015.
The village of Drumcong developed around Kiltubrid Railway Station, which opened on 16 June 1885 and closed on 18 October 1958.
See also
Notes and references
Primary sources
- ^ 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.
- ^ Joyce 1913, pp. 319.
- ^ Leitrim Observer 1970, pp. 3.
- ^ "Citizens Information".
- ^ "The Lakeside Tavern".
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.leitrimcoco.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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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.
