Dromina

Dromina Drom Aidhne
Village
Closed garage and petrol station in Dromina
Dromina Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52.314°N 8.802°W / 52.314; -8.802
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Cork
Population  (2016)[1]	275
Irish Grid Reference	R453183

Dromina (Irish: Drom Aidhne) is a village and townland in County Cork, Ireland.[2][3] 9 km south-west of Charleville, the village is in the civil parish of Shandrum,[3] close to the village of Newtownshandrum. As of the 2016 census, Dromina had a population of 275 people,[1] up from 207 as of the 1996 census.[4]

The local church, Saints Peter and Paul church (built in 1936),[5] is in Shandrum parish within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne.[6] As of the start of the 2020 school year, Dromina's national (primary) school had an enrollment of 68 pupils.[7]

See also

• Dromina GAA, the local Gaelic Athletic Association club

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Dromina". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
2. "Drom Aidhne / Dromina". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
3. "Dromina Townland, Co. Cork". townlands.ie. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
4. "Dromina (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
5. "Saints Peter and Paul Church, Dromina, Dromina, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
6. "Parish: Shandrum". cloynediocese.ie. Diocese of Cloyne. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
7. "School Detail: Druimne N S, Dromina, Charleville". education.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 4 July 2021.