HISTORIC DROMORE

If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday.

The market town of Dromore has a long fascinating history stretching back to the 6th Century, when St Colman, who became the first bishop of the see of Dromore, established an abbey here.

During the 19th Century Dromore was the centre of a thriving linen industry in the area, and the town's park was once the site of a bleach green and bleach works. Present day Dromore is a conservation town which has developed a distinct architectural character with most of its building facades dating from the 19th or 20th Centuries.

Follow this guided map tour which will highlight some of these sites & buildings of historic interest while taking in the charming surroundings of Dromore:

Sources:

'County Down 100 years ago a Guide and Directory 1886' - George Henry Bassett

'Key to Historic Dromore' - Dromore & District Local Historical Group

'Historic Buildings, Groups of Buildings, Area of Architectural Importance in the Towns and Villages of Mid Down' - Ulster Architectural Heritage Society