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
Drom Aidhne· Irish · main form · validated name
Dromina· English · main form
Place & story
Saints Peter and Paul
Saints Peter and Paul Church is dated 1936. Its long nave has seven bays, with confessionals projecting from the side walls, a chancel at the west and a sacristy in the south-west corner. A bellcote rises above the entrance gable. Rendered walls and limestone copings give the building a restrained exterior. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records it as a significant element of Dromina's built and social heritage, documenting an interwar church rather than an assumed nineteenth-century chapel.[2]
Earlier teams and Shandrum United
Dromina GAA's own history records a hurling match against Churchtown at a Charleville tournament in 1887. A North Cork Junior A championship followed in 1927, when the club wore red and white. Two years later Dromina and Newtownshandrum combined as Shandrum United, training in O'Gorman's field at Corrough. That arrangement ended in 1931. The sequence shows that the village's sporting history includes temporary partnerships as well as a continuous local allegiance.[3]
A new club in blue and gold
The present club organisation dates to late 1953, when blue and gold became its colours; its first championship fixture followed against Buttevant in March 1954. Later cooperation continued at youth level, including the St Bernards Dromina–Newtown club from 1966 to 1984. Dromina won a county junior hurling title in 2003 after victories over Watergrasshill, Kanturk and Argideen Rangers. The club's account connects these successes with several earlier generations of village players.[3]
Both counts use the 2016 settlement boundary, allowing like-for-like comparison. CSO supplies the 2022 count on this older boundary for comparison only. The official 2022 Built Up Area has different boundaries.
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Dromina — Census 2016 settlement footprint — census population
These are the historical areas published in the 2006 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Dromina, Cork — Census town, CSO 2006 report — census population
These are the historical areas published in the 1996 census report. Boundaries may differ between censuses and from modern settlements. Legal towns, environs and suburbs are shown separately; none has been combined into a modern settlement total.
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Dromina, Cork — Census town, CSO 1996 report — census population
Figures cover the historical town area printed in the 1986 report. Boundaries may have changed between censuses. Legal town, environs and suburb totals remain separate and differ from modern settlement boundaries.
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Dromina, Cork — Census town, CSO 1986 report — census population
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Dromina, Cork
Published census settlement populations
275people · 2016
Settlement boundaries changed during this period. Differences may reflect boundary changes as well as population change. Where a 2011 legal-town-and-environs count is shown, it has not been recalculated onto the 2016 settlement boundary.
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