Dromiskin is a village and townland

Townland

A townland or bally is a small geographical division of land used in Ireland. The townland system is of Gaelic origin—most townlands are believed to pre-date the Norman invasion and most have names derived from the Irish language...

 in County Louth

County Louth

County Louth is a county of Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the town of Louth. Louth County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is situated 10 km south of Dundalk

Dundalk

Dundalk is the county town of County Louth in Ireland. It is situated where the Castletown River flows into Dundalk Bay. The town is close to the border with Northern Ireland and equi-distant from Dublin and Belfast. The town's name, which was historically written as Dundalgan, has associations...

, about 1 km inland from the Irish Sea

Irish Sea

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 coast, and is located in one of Louth's most historical areas.

History

The village was home to a monastery

Monastery

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 for hundreds of years, once visited by Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick

Saint Patrick was a Romano-Briton and Christian missionary, who is the most generally recognized patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland, although Brigid of Kildare and Colmcille are also formally patron saints....

. This site for the monastery was picked as it is a local high point; it is also where a round tower was built and still remains. From the tower there is a view of all of Dundalk Bay

Dundalk Bay

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 and the surrounding countryside. Dromiskin also served as the home to the Archbishops of Armagh for a time.Archbishops of Armagh lived at Dromiskin House,The Lane.High King of Ireland, Aedh is buried in Dromiskin Graveyard, but no one knows where.

The village is part of the Darver and Dromiskin parish, Darver being a neighbouring village. The parish is bounded by the Fane River on the north and by the Glyde River

River Glyde

The River Glyde rises in the town of Bailieborough in Cavan. Some smaller tributaries of the Glyde are the River Dee and the Killanny Rivers which contain stocks of sea trout and salmon. The Glyde flows in a south-easterly direction before entering the sea at Annagassan in Louth, site of the...

 on the south.

Demographics

Since the mid-1990s, Dromiskin, like many areas in County Louth, has seen a marked increase in population. In 2006, 992 people were living in Dromiskin with 1,932 living in the electoral division.

Sport

The local Gaelic Football club, St. Joseph's (formed in 1961), covering the entire parish of Darver & Dromiskin, won the Senior county championship (Joe Ward Cup) in 1996 and 2006. The club is now playing Intermediate level championship as well as Division 2 league football in 2011, having been relegated from League Division 1 in 2010. The club's Minor (U-18) team won the county championship for the first time in 2009 and retained the championship in 2010. There is also an athletics (track and field)

Athletics (track and field)

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 club (St Peter's AC) based on the outskirts of the village.

See also

• List of abbeys and priories in Ireland (County Louth)
• List of towns and villages in Ireland

External links

• St. Peter's National School Website
• St Joseph's Gaelic Football Club
• St Peter's AC