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{{short description|Village in County Louth, Ireland}}
{{about|the village in County Louth|townland in County Cavan|Drumcar (Kinawley)}}
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'''Drumcar''' ({{irish place name|Droim Chora|ridge of the weir}})<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1702.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Droim Chora / Drumcar | accessdate = 8 February 2020 }}</ref><ref name="independent.ie2000">{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/property/rectory-by-the-river-in-drumcar-376867.html|title=Rectory by the river in Drumcar|date=19 May 2000|newspaper=Irish Independent|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20121102151949/http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/property/rectory-by-the-river-in-drumcar-376867.html | archivedate = 2 November 2012 }}</ref> is a village and a historical parish, in the barony of [[Ardee (barony)|Ardee]] in [[County Louth]], Ireland.
==Geography==
Drumcar is {{convert|1.5|miles|km}} northeast of [[Dunleer]], on the [[River Glyde]], and near the high road from [[Dublin]] to [[Belfast]]. It comprises, according to the [[Ordnance Survey]], 4041 ½ statute acres, of which, 3712 are applotted under the tithe act, and 18 ½ are in the River Glyde. Nearby are Kilsaran, Dillonstown Cross, Keenanʼs Cross, Annagassan, Baile an Ghearlánaigh, Castlebellingham, Clonmore, Stabannan, Dromin, Grangebellew, Civil Hollow, Lurgan, Martinʼs Cross, Salterstown, Mooretown, Milltown, Dromiskin, and Togher.<ref name="nona.net">{{cite web|url=http://nona.net/features/map/placedetail.640523/Drumcar/|title=Drumcar (Louth, Ireland)|work=nona.net|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref> The River Drumcar is formed from two streams that merge at a bridge.<ref name="LI"/>
==History==
Early records that mention Drumcar are noted in the ''Annals of Ulster, 431 to 1540'', that Cellach, son of Muirghis, who was Abbot of Druin-cara, was slain by Gertide, son of Tuathal.<ref name="UlsterMaguire1887">{{cite book|author1=Annals of Ulster|author2=Cathal Mac Maghnusa Maguire|author3=Royal Irish Academy|title=Annala Uladh: Annals of Ulster, otherwise, Annala Senait, Annals of Senat; a chronicle of Irish affairs from A.D. 431, to A.D. 1540 ...|url=https://archive.org/details/annalauladh01acadgoog|access-date=25 May 2011|year=1887|publisher=Printed for H. M. Stationery off., by A. Thom & co. (limited)|pages=[https://archive.org/details/annalauladh01acadgoog/page/n317 307]–}}</ref>
The Patron Saint of Drumcar was [[Fintan of Clonenagh|Saint Fintan]] (d. 603) who founded a monastery in the village. Tradition places it {{convert|840|ft}} west of the old church.  It was named ''Raire na bratar''.  There was reportedly an [[abbey]] located in Drumcar as far back as 811.<ref name="The Parliamentary gazetteer">{{cite book|title=The Parliamentary gazetteer of Ireland: adapted to the new poor-law, franchise, municipal and ecclesiastical arrangements, and compiled with a special reference to the lines of railroad and canal communication, as existing in 1814-45|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4iK5_B7W1xIC&pg=PA82|access-date=21 May 2011|year=1846|publisher=A. Fullarton and co.|page=82}}</ref> The Patron Day is celebrated in Drumcar on 29 July.<ref name="Leslie">{{cite web|url=http://www.ebooksread.com/authors-eng/james-b-leslie/armagh-clergy-and-parishes--being-an-account-of-the-clergy-of-the-church-of-ire-lse/page-35-armagh-clergy-and-parishes--being-an-account-of-the-clergy-of-the-church-of-ire-lse.shtml|title=Armagh clergy and parishes : being an account of the clergy of the Church of Ireland in the Diocese of Armagh, from the earliest period, with historical notices of the several parishes, churches, &c|last=Leslie|first=James B.|pages=35|accessdate=25 May 2011}}</ref>
The parish church history is that of the [[Diocese of Armagh (Church of Ireland)|Diocese of Armagh]].  The vicarage formed part of the union of [[Dunleer]]. The Protestant parishioners attended the church at Dunleer, but religious service was also performed every Sunday evening by the curate in the school room at Drumcar.  The rectory was under the jurisdiction of the Lord-Primate. [[Advowson]]s were granted to Peter Pipard in 1187.<ref name="Smith1999">{{cite book|author=Brendan Smith|title=Colonisation and conquest in medieval Ireland: the English in Louth, 1170-1330|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0ZzkoM-4LiIC&pg=PA59|access-date=25 May 2011|year=1999|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-57320-7|pages=58, 59–}}</ref> Between ca.1200 and 1220, Ralph de Repenteny granted the tithes, mills, fisheries and lands of the Church of St. Fintan, Drumcar, to the Abbot and Convent of [[St. Mary's Church, Dublin]]. From 1582, the rectory, parsonage, church and chapel were granted to Lord Ormond. They passed to Sir John Bath in 1630-1.  William DiUon was impropriator in 1633. The tithes were rented by Henry Usher in 1656.<ref name="Leslie" /> There was an endowment for a clergyman to be appointed by the lord of the town.  A payment of £50 per annum to the perpetual curate of [[Moylary]] was a provision of a testator's will as of 1837.<ref name="LI"/>  The tithes amounted to £343, of which £292 was payable to the lord-primate and £51 to the vicar. The [[glebe]] comprised 11 acres.<ref name="LI"/> A churchyard was used as a burial-ground; it contains the featureless ruins of the previous church.<ref name="CaseyRowan1993" />
In the Roman Catholic church, the parish forms part of the union or district of [[Dysart, County Louth|Dysart]]. Historically, it did not have a regular chapel, but a house was given to the priest, in which he officiated.
Drumcar contained 1634 inhabitants as of 1837.<ref name="LI">{{cite book|url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/D/Drumcar-Ardee-Louth.php|chapter=Drumcar|publisher=Samuel Lewis |title = Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |year=1837}}</ref>
==Notable buildings==
In Louth, dedications to Irish saints were common, such as Ultan at Killany, Edan at Clonken, and Fintan at Drumcar.<ref name="Smith1999" /> St. Fintans's, the Drumcar parish church, under the [[Church of Ireland]] was built in 1845 by [[John McClintock, 1st Baron Rathdonnell]]. It cost £1,550, of which the Ecclesiastical
Commissioners contributed £160.<ref name="Leslie" /> It was consecrated on 15 May 1845 by the [[Bishop of Meath]]. The architectural style follows the [[High Anglicanism]] design of [[John Henry Newman]]'s [[Church of St Mary and St Nicholas, Littlemore|Littlemore church]].<ref name="CaseyRowan1993">{{cite book|last1=Casey|first1=Christine|last2=Rowan|first2=Alistair John|author-link2=Alistair John Rowan|title=North Leinster: the counties of Longford, Louth, Meath and Westmeath|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJ1j2FhGpAEC&pg=PA72|access-date=25 May 2011|year=1993|publisher=Yale University Press|isbn=978-0-14-071085-4|pages=72, 249–}}</ref> Its features include a small four-bay [[Gothic architecture#Lancet arch|lancet hall]], [[buttress]]es, a [[bellcote]] over the west [[gable]], a south porch, and [[limestone]] [dressings. In 1868, the choir section was extended and the chancel, with a triple-light east window, was added by Slater & Carpenter. The [[lychgate]] is from 1895 while a 1924 [[stained glass]] east window is of the [[Ascension (mystical)|Ascension]] by F. Clarke & Sons.<ref name="CaseyRowan1993" />  The octagonal McClintock [[mausoleum]] is located opposite the church's north door.<ref name="Bellew2005">{{cite journal|last=Bellew |first=Séamus |year=2005|title=McClintock Inscriptions and Heraldry at Drumcar |journal=Journal of the County Louth Archaeological and Historical Society|volume=26|issue=1|pages=134–139 |jstor=27729973|doi=10.2307/27729973 }}</ref> Built in 1868 by Slater & Carpenter, it is of [[Gothic Revival architecture|Protestant High Victorian architecture style]].<ref name="CaseyRowan1993" />
[[Drumcar House]], the seat of [[John McClintock (1770–1855)|John McClintock]], Esq., MP, was an elegant mansion.  Built in 1777, it is situated in an extensive and richly wooded demesne, commanding a view of the [[Slieve Foy|Carlingford]] and [[Mourne Mountains|Mourne]] mountains and the sea. In 1948, it was sold and became St. Mary's Hospital, a colony for the mentally ill.  It was later converted to Saint John of God Residence, a rectory,<ref name="independent.ie2000" /> hospital/infirmary.<ref name="buildingsofireland.ie">{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=LH&regno=13901503|title=Saint John of God Residence, County Louth |work=buildingsofireland.ie|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|accessdate=23 May 2011}}</ref> The Old Rectory stands on 2.5 hectares, and was up for auction in 2000.<ref name="independent.ie2000" />
==Education==
In his ''[[A_Topographical_Dictionary_of_Ireland|Topographical Dictionary of Ireland]]'', published in 1837, [[Samuel Lewis (publisher)|Samuel Lewis]] records that a local school was supported by Mr. and Lady McClintock who paid a master for teaching more than 100 children and other expenses, amounting to £50 per annum as of 1837.<ref name="LI"/> Another school was supported by a Mr. Thompson in which 40 children were instructed.<ref name="LI"/>
As of the present day, students are served by St Mary's Special School,<ref name="Edwards2011">{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0520/breaking59.html|title=McAleese appointed to Seanad|last=Edwards|first=Elaine|date=20 May 2011|newspaper=Irish Times|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref> and St. Finian's National School.<ref name="stfiniansdillonstown.ie">{{cite web|url=http://www.stfiniansdillonstown.ie/|title=St. Finian's National School |work=stfiniansdillonstown.ie|accessdate=27 May 2011}}</ref>
==References==
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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Louth]]
[[Category:Civil parishes of County Louth]]