Drumconrath
Drumconrath or Drumcondra (historically Drumconra, from Irish: Droim Conrach, meaning "ridge of Conrach") is a small historic village situated in north County Meath, Ireland. The parish borders County Louth and is also close to the borders of Counties Monaghan and Cavan.
The parish has a population of 2,967 while the village itself has 405 people. The area of the parish is 7,566 acres (30.62 km2).[1].
There has been a settlement here since before 200BC evident through the ancient pathways and ringforts at Corstown and Drumsilagh. The battle of Ballyhoe (1539AD) between the O'Neills and the English, took place nearby of which folklore says that a treasure was thrown into the lake during the battle and when a true Irish Gael on a white horse comes he will swoop into the lake and take it.
A new movie that has just came out in October 2016, was recently filmed in and near the surrounding area of Drumconrath. The name of this movie is "The Wilde Goose Lodge" and it has many local people acting in the movie.
It was literally "Beyond the Pale" being the first Gaelic Settlement you meet leaving the Pale from Ardee. It was a hostile place for the English who left the safety of the Pale and frequent battles took place in the village.
The remains of a monastery on Church Hill destroyed because of Henry VIII's Dissolution of the Monastery Act, overlook Lough Braken lake. Here, views of the Mourne Mountains in one direction and the Dublin Mountains in the other can be seen quite clearly.
During the 1798 rebellion, five parishioners were killed by the Louth Militia for refusing to allow them entry to the Church in the village. The area had strong Ribbonmen support (a forerunner to the Irish Republican Army) and six men from the area were hanged for their part in the infamous burning of the Wildgoose Lodge Murders nearby. The village kept its Republican ideals and many of the local men fought in the Tan War and the Civil War with nearby Kingscourt Brigade, the families of the Hickeys and Keenans featuring prominently. In fact, it is recorded that this Brigade fired the last shot of the Tan War at 11:20 on 11 June 1921, twenty minutes after the truce.
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