Dromiskin

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Dromiskin (Irish: Droim Ineasclainn which roughly means "the hill at the spring of the water") is a village in County Louth, Ireland. It is situated 10km south of Dundalk, about 1km inland from the Irish Sea coast, and is located in one of Louth's most historical areas.

The village was has home to a monastery for hundreds of years, once visited by Saint Patrick. Thsi site for the monastery was picked as it is a local high point; it is also where a round tower was built and still remains. From the tower there is a view of all of Dundalk Bay and the surrounding countryside. Dromiskin was also served as the home to the Archbishops of Armagh for a time.

The village is part of the Darver parish, Darver being a neighbouring village. The parish is bounded by the Fane River on the north and by the Glyde River on the south.

Since the mid-1990s, Dromiskin, like many areas in County Louth, have seen marked increase in population – many of its population now form part of the Dublin commuter belt – in 2006, about 2500 people were living in the Dromiskin area.