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Drumree

Droim Rí

Drumree’s local history links a long succession of Gaelic teams with the childhood and burial of James Fox, killed during the Easter Rising.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Gilsenan’s pub and post office, Drumree, as photographed in2007.
Illustration, Gilsenan’s pub and post office, Drumree, as photographed in2007
Recorded locationDrumree53.50957° N · 6.58296° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

droimridge

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • Droim Rí · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Drumree · English · main form

Place & story

A permanent sporting home

The present Drumree club emerged in the 1940s after earlier local teams and amalgamations. Its own history records the acquisition of a field in 1949 and the opening of a community centre in 1988. Hurling began in 1991. A further juvenile pitch was purchased in 2007, followed by redevelopment from 2010, including pitches, an artificial surface and a hurling wall. [2]

People & connections

James Fox and the station-side public house

James Fox, born in 1900, spent his early childhood in Drumree, where his father Pat ran the Spencer Arms beside the railway station. Historian Jim Gilligan traces the family’s departure from the area in the early 1910s. James joined the Irish Citizen Army and was killed at St Stephen’s Green on 25 April 1916. He was buried in Knockmark Cemetery; a memorial headstone was unveiled there in May 1935. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Meath
Civil parish
Knockmark
Coordinates
53.50957, -6.58296 (approximate)
Logainm ID
1414651 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Drumree. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Drumree club history · Meath GAA / Drumree GAA
  3. The Meath 1916 Dead: James Fox, 27 April 2016 · Jim Gilligan
  4. Gilsenan’s pub and post office, Drumree, as photographed in2007 illustration: based on a Gilsenan's Pub and Post Office, Drumree, Co. Meath by Jonathan Billinger. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.