Dromore

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Also known as: Droim Mór

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Irish:: Droim Mór

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Dromore, town, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district, southeastern Northern Ireland, lying on the River Lagan just southwest of Belfast. A bishopric developed from an abbey reputedly founded there by St. Colman about 600. The town and cathedral were destroyed in an insurrection (1641). The present structure was built by the Anglican bishop Jeremy Taylor in 1661. The 8th- or 9th-century Cross of Dromore, formerly in the marketplace, was restored and reerected beside the Lagan Bridge in 1887. Pop. (2001) 4,959; (2011) 6,011.

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