DROM or DROMSPERANE, a parish, in the barony of ELIOGARTY, county of TIPPERARY, and province of MUNSTER, 2½ miles (S.W.) from Templemore, on the road from that place to Cashel; containing 1951 inhabitants.

It comprises 4111 statute acres, and is in the diocese of Cashel; the rectory is impropriate in the Marquess of Ormonde; the vicarage forms part of the corps of the treasurership in the cathedral of St. Patrick, Cashel. the tithes amount to £221 10s. 9¼ d., of which £138 9s. 2¾ d., is payable to the impropriator, and the remainder to the vicar.

In the Roman Catholic divisions it is the head of a union or district, comprising this parish and Inch, in each of which is a chapel; that of Drom is a large handsome building, erected in 1829.

There is a public school, in which about 180, and two private schools, in which about 170, children are educated. here are some remains of the old church.

A constabulary police force is stationed in the village.