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DROMORE

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 589 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DROMORE , a See also:

market See also:town of Co. Down, See also:Ireland, in the See also:west See also:parliamentary See also:division, on the upper Lagan, 172 m. S.W. of See also:Belfast by a See also:branch of the See also:Great See also:Northern railway. Pop. of See also:urban See also:district (1901) 2307. It is in the See also:linen manufacturing district. The town is of high antiquity, and was the seat of a bishopric, which See also:grew out of an See also:abbey of Canons See also:Regular attributed to St See also:Colman in the 6th See also:century, and was See also:united in 1842 to Down and See also:Connor. The town and See also:cathedral were wholly destroyed during the insurrection of 1641, and the See also:present See also:church was built by See also:Bishop See also:Jeremy See also:Taylor in 1661, who is buried here, as also is See also:Thomas See also:Percy, another famous bishop of the See also:diocese, who laid out the See also:fine grounds of the See also:palace. Remains of a See also:castle and earthworks are to be seen, together with a large See also:rath or encampment known as the Great Fort. The town gives its name to a See also:Roman See also:Catholic diocese.

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