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{{short description|Village in County Tipperary, Ireland}} {{About|a village in Tipperary|the village in Armagh|Dromintee}} {{refimprove|date=October 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Dromineer |native_name = {{lang|ga|Drom Inbhir}} |native_name_lang = ga |settlement_type = Village |image_skyline = Dromineercastle.jpg |image_caption = Dromineer Castle |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = right |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] |subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]] |subdivision_name1 = [[Munster]] |subdivision_type3 = [[Counties of Ireland|County]] |subdivision_name3 = [[County Tipperary]] |established_title = |established_date = |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2006 |population_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web|url =http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf | publisher = CSO | work = Census 2006 | title = Population of Towns ordered by County and size, 2002 and 2006 (page 46) | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717202529/http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf | archive-date = 17 July 2011 }}</ref> |population_total = |population = 118 |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = [[West European Time|WET]] |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]] ([[Western European Summer Time|WEST]]) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = {{coord|52.9248|-8.2768|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = 43 |blank_name = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]] |blank_info = {{iem4ibx|R815858}} |website = |footnotes = }} '''Dromineer''' ({{Irish place name|Drom Inbhir/Druim Inbhir|ridge of the river mouth}})<ref name=Joyce>{{cite book | author = Patrick Weston Joyce | author-link = Patrick Weston Joyce | date = 1870 | title = Irish Local Names Explained | url = https://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPlaceNames/Dromineer.php | via = Library Ireland | access-date = 10 October 2020 | archive-date = 7 January 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150107141407/http://www.libraryireland.com/IrishPlaceNames/Dromineer.php | url-status = live }}</ref> is a small village and [[townland]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/46607|title=Drom Inbhir/Dromineer|website=Logainm.ie|access-date=25 February 2020|archive-date=25 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225235616/https://www.logainm.ie/en/46607|url-status=live}}</ref> in [[County Tipperary]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is on the shores of [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]], 8 km north-west of [[Nenagh]] (10 km by road) on the [[R495 road (Ireland)|R495 road]]. It is also a [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] in the historical [[Barony (Ireland)|barony]] of [[Ormond Lower]]. Historic documents describe the places as "Dromynnyre"; the earliest form of the name dating from 1302 was Dromynwyr.<ref>CDI, vol 5, 302</ref>
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