page_title: Drum, County Roscommon
hierarchical_section_title: Drum, County Roscommon
caption_attribution_description: English: Monastery Ruins
context_page_description: Drum is a civil parish in south County Roscommon about 5 km west of Athlone. One of the townlands in the parish is also called Drum. Meehambee Dolmen, a portal tomb estimated to be 5,500 years old, is located in the northern part of the parish. In the village there are a number of historical and religious sites, including Drum Cemetery, St. Brigid's Church and Drum Monastic Site. Drum Parish Hall and Drum Heritage Visitor Centre are located next to the graveyard, in the townland of Belrea.
  Drum is the birthplace of Fr James Coyle, who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama on 11 August 1921.
  The railway line between Athlone and Athenry passes through the parish, as does the M6 motorway. The village of Cornafulla lies within the civil parish of Drum.
  Drum surrounds the civil parish of St. Peters.
context_section_description: Drum (Irish: An Droim, meaning 'the ridge') is a civil parish in south County Roscommon about 5 km west of Athlone. One of the townlands in the parish is also called Drum. Meehambee Dolmen, a portal tomb estimated to be 5,500 years old, is located in the northern part of the parish. In the village there are a number of historical and religious sites, including Drum Cemetery, St. Brigid's Church and Drum Monastic Site. Drum Parish Hall and Drum Heritage Visitor Centre are located next to the graveyard, in the townland of Belrea.
  Drum is the birthplace of Fr James Coyle (1873-1921), who was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan in Birmingham, Alabama on 11 August 1921.
  The railway line between Athlone and Athenry passes through the parish, as does the M6 motorway. The village of Cornafulla lies within the civil parish of Drum.
  Drum surrounds the civil parish of St. Peters.
caption: Ruins at Drum Monastic Site
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