Droim Seanbhó

Droim Seanbhó combines the Irish elements droim (ridge) and seanbhó (old cow), rendering as 'ridge of the old cow.' The earliest documented spelling appears in 1621 as 'Dromshanvoe,' evolving through various forms before standardizing as Drumshanbo by the early nineteenth century. Drumshanbo's modern settlement origin traces to the extensive iron industry that developed around Sliabh an Iarain...