placenamesDring
Droing
Dring’s early survey records and nearby Derrycassin estate remains connect agriculture, milling and the later development of woodland.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- Droing · Irish · main form · validated name
- Dring · English · main form
Place & story
Aghnaskilloge and the mill
The historical placename record preserved by Longford Library describes Dring as predominantly arable and pasture land crossed by the road from Bunlaghy to Scrabby. It records a corn mill, corn kiln and a village named Aghnaskilloge within the townland, alongside several small forts and plantations. These details provide a picture of the locality before the surrounding estate grounds became commercial woodland. [2]
The Derrycassin estate
Nearby Derrycassin House was built in 1760 for the Dopping Hempenstall family. Its estate retained gardens, a boathouse and stone bridges over the Clooneen River. A community woodland guide identifies Dring's post office building as the former Longford Gate Lodge. The lodge's later use connects village services with the entrance to the earlier estate. [3]
Estate paths beneath the forest
Forestry planting in the 1960s transformed Derrycassin's former grounds. The guide notes that many woodland tracks follow routes which once served the estate's fields, gardens and copses. Remains of the walled garden, cellar and house steps preserve parts of that earlier arrangement. Older planted trees also survived among the later commercial woodland beside Lough Gowna. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Longford
- Barony
- Granard
- Civil parish
- Columbkille
- Coordinates
- 53.81357, -7.52932 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1414160 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Dring. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Dring,historicalplacenamerecord · Longford Library,Archives and Local Studies
- DerrycassinWood,communitywoodlandguide · Coillte,Granard Area Action Group,Longford Community Resources,FÁS
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.