Drumcong

Drumcong

Drumcong

Village in County Leitrim, Ireland

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]

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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]

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Notes and references

Primary sources

  1. [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. [2]
    Joyce 1913, pp. 319.
  3. [3]
    Leitrim Observer 1970, pp. 3.
  4. [4]
    "Citizens Information".
  5. [5]
    "The Lakeside Tavern".
  6. [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)

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