Drumcree, County Westmeath

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Drumcree
Druim Criadh
Location
Location of Drumcree
centerMap highlighting Drumcree
Irish grid reference
N500673
Statistics
Province: Leinster
County: County Westmeath
Elevation: 118m
Population (2006)
 - Town:
 - Environs:
 
326 
355
Website: www.westmeathcoco.ie

Drumcree (Irish: Druim Criadh) is a village in County Westmeath in the Republic of Ireland on the R395 regional road. This sign post stands next to a dis-affected Church of Ireland chapel. The sign post photo was take viewing the west, in the Granard direction. This village is also part of Saint Mary's Parish, Collinstown, and a sister parish of the Fore Abbey parish of Saint Feichin.

The village of Drumcree is situated upon a cross-roads, fringes parts of the Barbavilla Bog, the Glackstown Bog, and Mullacruaigh bog, all of which have been harvisted for winter fuel for generations by the different neighbouring communities.

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