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Drumline Drom Laoinn
Civil parish
DrumlineLocation in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°44′02″N 8°50′37″W / 52.733953°N 8.843486°W / 52.733953; -8.843486
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Clare
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Drumline (Irish: Drom Laoinn) is a civil parish of County Clare, Ireland, located about 20 kilometres (12 mi) northwest of Limerick, just north of Shannon.

Location

The parish is in the Bunratty Lower barony, and is 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Sixmilebridge and almost 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Newmarket-on-Fergus. It is 2 by 0.75 miles (3.22 by 1.21 km) and covers 2,955. In 1841 the population was 1,327 in 187 houses. A small part of the south of the parish lied on the River Shannon. The townlands are Ballycasey Beg, Ballycasey More, Ballycunneen, Crossagh, Culleen, Drumline, Firgrove, Knockaun, Mogullaan, Smithstown and Tullyvarraga.

History

The parish is named after the townland of Dromline, or Druim Laigean in Irish, meaning the hillside of the spears. There were two castles. One, in the townland of Dromline, was owned in 1580 by Mortogh O’Brien, son of Conor, first Earl of Thomond. The other is in the townland of Smithstown (Baile na gabhna), and in 1580 was owned by O’Maoelconery. As of 1897 its ruins were in good condition.

The first known list of parishes for the diocese of Killaloe dates to 1303, and includes seven civil parishes that make up the present parish of Newmarket-on-Fergus. These were Kilnasoolagh, Tuamfinlough, Bunratty, Drumline, Clonloghan, Kilconry and Kilmaleery. After 1688 one priest served the five parishes of Bunratty, Drumline, Clonloghan, Kilconry and Kilmaleery. James O’Shaughnessy was appointed parish priest of the five parishes in 1776, and when James O’Halloran died in 1782 he was given charge of the other two. The penal laws were eased that year, but due to the shortage of priests the consolidated structure was retained.

References

Citations

1. Drom Laoinn, Placenames Database of Ireland.
2. Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland 1845.
3. Map of Drumline Parish showing Townlands.
4. Frost 1897.
5. ^ Our Parish History.

Sources

• "Drom Laoinn". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
• Frost, James (1897). "Tradraighe. Drumline Parish". The History and Topography of the County of Clare. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
• "Map of Drumline Parish showing Townlands". Clare County Library. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
• "Our Parish History". Newmarket-on-Fergus Parish. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
• "Drumline". Parliamentary Gazetteer of Ireland. 1845. Retrieved 3 April 2014.

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County town: Ennis
Towns	Ennis Ennistymon Killaloe Kilkee Kilrush Lahinch Lisdoonvarna Milltown Malbay Newmarket-on-Fergus Shannon Tulla
Villages	Ardnacrusha Aughinish Ballaghline Ballyea Ballycannan Ballynacally Ballyvaughan Barefield Bodyke Boston Bridgetown Broadford Bunratty Cahiracon Carrigaholt Clarecastle Clonlara Cloonanaha Clooneenagh Connolly Coolmeen Cooraclare Coore Corofin Cranny Cratloe Cree Cross Crusheen Doolin Doonaha Doonbeg Doora Fanore Feakle Hurlers Cross Inagh Ivarstown Kilbaha Kildysart Kilfenora Kilkishen Killimer Kilmaley Kilmihil Kilmoon Kilmurry Kilnaboy Kilnamona Kilshanny Knock Labasheeda Liscannor Lissycasey Meelick Mountshannon Moyasta Mullagh Murroogh Noughaval O'Brien's Bridge O'Callaghan's Mills Parteen Quilty Quin Ruan Scarriff Sixmilebridge Spancill Hill Spanish Point Toonagh Tuamgraney Tubber Tullig Whitegate
Regions	Burren Loop Head Peninsula
Islands	Aughinish Canon Island Deer Island Inis Cathaig (or Scattery Island) Inis Cealtra Inishloe Inishmacowney Mutton Island Trummer
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