DROMIN, a parish, in the barony of ARDEE, county
of LOUTH, and province of LEINSTER, l½ mile (N. W.)
from Dunleer, near the road from Drogheda to Dundalk;
containing 855 inhabitants, of which number, 141
are in the village. According to the Ordnance survey,
it comprises 2042£ statute acres. Rathcoole House, the
seat of E. Tisdall, Esq., is situated in a neat demesne.
It is a rectory, in the diocese of Armagh, and forms
part of the union of Collon: the tithes amount to
£204. 9.7., and the glebe comprises 9¾ acres. In the
R. C. divisions it forms part of the union or district of
Dunleer: the chapel adjoins the village. About 180
children are taught in a school under the patronage of
the Rev. W. H. Forster, the incumbent, who pays the
master £10 per ann. Contiguous to the village are the
remains of the old church, and a churchyard; and near
the chapel is a large rath.