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County Limerick
Ireland
Civil Parishes
Drumcolloher(aka Dromcolliher)
description from Lewis's Topographical Directory of Ireland, 1837
See Newcastle Civil Registration District BMD refs (vital records)
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DRUMCOLLOHER, a parish, in the barony of UPPER CONNELLO EAST,county of LIMERICK, and province of MUNSTER, 9 miles (S.W.) from Charleville(Co. Cork), on the road to Newcastle: the population of the village, in 1831, was 658; the remaining part of the parish is returned with Corcomohide.
It comprises 2908¼ statute acres, as applotted under the tithe act; about one-fourth is under tillage, producing excellent crops, and the remainder is meadow and pasture land; the hills are cultivated nearly to their summits, and there is neither waste land nor bog: they are on the south side of the village, forming a natural boundary between the counties of Limerick and Cork, and are supposed to contain several strata of coal, but no attempt has yet been made to work them. The general substratum of the parish is limestone, and several quarries have been opened in various parts for agricultural purposes and for building. The village is a constabulary police station, and has a daily penny post to Charleville. Fairs are held on 15 March, 2 May, 17 June, 24 August, 5 November, and 3 December; they are in general large and well attended.
The parish is in the diocese of Limerick; the rectory is appropriate to the vicars choral of the cathedral church of St. Mary, Limerick; and the vicarage forms part of the union or parish of Corcomohide, with the tithes are returned.
In the Roman Catholic divisions the parish is the head of a union or district, comprising also the parishes of Killaliathan and Cloncrew, and part of Monegay; the chapel is a small plain edifice.
A male and female
school are supported by L. White and R. J. Stevelly, Esqrs,
under the superintendence of the vicar. Not far from the village are the ruins
of the old parish church, which was a small and very ancient edifice
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