Dromod
Template:Short description Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox settlement Dromod or Drumod (Template:Irish place name)Template:Sfn is a village in County Leitrim, Ireland.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Dromod is a fishing village beside Bofin and Boderg, which are threaded by the River Shannon. Built along the River Shannon, this is a Tidy Towns winner with a modern harbour that is frequently used by cruiser traffic.Template:Fact A water feature in the centre of the village, entitled 'The Weeping Tree', and was made by a local craftsman from a piece of bog oak which was found nearby.Template:Fact
Demographics
Between 2006 and 2022, the population of Dromod increased from 210 to 753,<ref name="citypop"/> an increase of 258.6%.
Dromod railway station
The village has a station on the Dublin-Sligo railway line connecting Sligo and Dublin Connolly long the mainline. Dromod railway station opened on 3 December 1862 and remains in operation, despite closing for goods services on 3 November 1975.<ref name="RS">Template:Cite web</ref> Dromod also had a railway station on the narrow gauge Cavan and Leitrim Railway. It opened on 24 October 1887 and finally closed on 1 April 1959.<ref name="RS"/> A short section of narrow gauge line has been reopened at the station as part of preservation efforts.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
History
In Gaelic Ireland the place was called "Dromode mac Shanley" in recognition of the dominant Mac Shanly sept of Muintir Eolais.Template:Sfn The town is mentioned once in the Irish Annals- "Template:Em".Template:Sfn
An Iron works was established at Dromod Template:Circa.Template:Efn Pig iron brought to Dromod Finery forge was used to produce a malleable iron product, for transportation to Dublin and Limerick.Template:SfnTemplate:SfnTemplate:Sfn The operation was closed down in the 1790s, due to an exhaustion of forests locally.Template:Sfn
Through at least the 19th and 20th century, seven annual fairs were held at Dromod- 1 January, 28 March (or 29th), 15 May, 26 June (or 29th), 14 August, 10 October (or 11th), and 11 December.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn
Between 2000 and 2007, during the Celtic Tiger period, the village grew and several new housing estates and buildings were built in the area.Template:Fact Dromod was classified, by the Central Statistics Office, as a census town for the first time in the 2006 census.Template:Fact At that time it had a population of 210 people.<ref name="citypop"/> By the 2022 census, the population had grown to 753 people.<ref name="citypop"/>
The N4 national road, which previously ran through the village, was routed around Dromod and neighbouring Roosky with the opening of the N4 Dromod Roosky Bypass in December 2007.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
People
- John McDonald, a 19th-century poet, lived near DromodTemplate:Fact
See also
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External links
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- Community website (archived 2011)