Drumaness
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Drumaness (in Irish: Droim an Easa, ie ridge of the waterfall) is a village in County Down, Northern Ireland, 5 kilometres to the south of Ballynahinch, beside the main A24 Belfast to Newcastle road. In the 2001 Census it had a population of 1,280 people. It is situated in the Down District Council area.
Drumaness developed as a mill village in 1850, with the opening of a spinning mill on the banks of the River Cumber. The village lost its employment role in 1968 following the closure of the mill and today it is largely a commuter settlement. It contains a limited range of services and shops. Drumaness Primary School and the Church of Christ the King are situated on the Drumsnade Road on the opposite side of the Newcastle Road, approximately 0.5 kilometres south west of the village.
The centre of the village has a distinctive appearance with listed terraces of mill buildings, alleyways, courtyards and a millpond. The Dan Rice Memorial Hall, now used as a community centre, is a listed building.
Amanda McKittrick Ros, the writer, was born in Drumaness in 1860.
[edit] 2001 Census
Drumaness is classified as a Village by the NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (ie with population between 1,000 and 2,250 people). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 1,280 people living in Drumaness. Of these:
- 30.4% were aged under 16 years and 11.1% were aged 60 and over
- 47.7% of the population were male and 52.3% were female
- 91.7% were from a Catholic background and 7.4% were from a Protestant background
- 5.2% of people aged 16-74 were unemployed
For more details see: NI Neighbourhood Information Service
[edit] References
- Draft Ards and Down Area Plan 2015
- Culture Northern Ireland
