DROMACOO, a parish, in the barony of DUNKELLIN,
county of GALWAY, and province of CONNAUGHT,
8¾ miles (N. N. W.) from Gort, on the bay of Galway;
containing 1044 inhabitants. It comprises 1723 statute
acres, as applotted under the tithe act, and is in the
diocese of Kilmacduagh; the rectory is partly appropriate
to the see, partly to the vicars choral of Christchurch
cathedral, Dublin, and partly to the prebendary
of Islandeddy; the vicarage forms part of the union of
Kilcolgan. The tithes amount to £53. 11., of which
£12.12. is payable to the Ecclesiastical Commissioners,
£18. IS. to the vicars choral, £15. 15. to the vicar,
and £6. 6. to the prebendary. In the R. C. divisions
the parish, called Ballindirreen, from the place where
the chapel is situated, is co-extensive with that of the
Established Church. There are four private schools, in
which are about 160 children. The ruins of the old church,
have been converted into a mausoleum for the family of
St. George, whose mansion stands in the adjoining parish
of Stradbally, though part of the demesne is within, the
limits of this parish.