School: Drumraney (roll number 13571)
- Location:
- Droim Raithne, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teachers: Ml Mc Garry Alice Mc Garry
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0747, Page 534
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - XVThere is a farm of land in the parish of Drumraney called Dorrington. The reason it was called that was - There was a man living there and his name was Major Dorrington. There is a big slated house in in the fields and there is a gate-house on the roadside. Major Dorrington's house was a thatched house and it was further in then the gate-house. This major Dorrington was in King James's army and he was sent over from his army to King William's to ask him to surrender on the morning of the battle of Aughrim.
