Dromineer is a small village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in North Tipperary

North Tipperary

North Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-West Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 48% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. It is situated on the shores of Lough Derg on the River Shannon

River Shannon

The River Shannon is the longest river in Ireland at . It divides the west of Ireland from the east and south . County Clare, being west of the Shannon but part of the province of Munster, is the major exception...

. The village is located 10 kilometres north of Nenagh

Nenagh

Nenagh is the county town of North Tipperary in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of North Tipperary and in 2011 it had a recorded population of 7,995. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower...

. It is a civil parish

Civil parish

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 in the historical barony

Barony (Ireland)

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 of Ormond Lower

Ormond Lower

Ormond Lower is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. It is one of 14 baronies in the traditional county of Tipperary between the baronies of Ormond Upper to the south-east and Owney and Arra to the south-west...

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Features

Home to an 11th century towerhouse, idyllic scenery, a public harbour and other facilities, it is a popular place to visit, especially for those out boating on the lake. The name Dromineer in Irish is "Drom Inbhir", meaning the back or the ford of the river.

Amenities in Dromineer include restaurant and pub (The Whiskey Still), accommodation (such as The Dromineer Hostel) and a children's playground.

Dromineer is home to the Lough Derg Lifeboat, which is the RNLI's third inland lifeboat station and was the first inland station in the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...

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Sport

• Kildangan GAA
  Kildangan GAA
  Kildangan GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club is based in the village of Puckane, but includes the areas of Ballycommon, Monsea and Dromineer five miles outside Nenagh in north County Tipperary, Ireland...
  
   is the local Gaelic Athletic Association
  Gaelic Athletic Association
  The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
  
   club.
• Fishing is a popular activity on both the lake and the nearby Nenagh river from Nenagh Boat Club, Lough Derg Yacht Club and Shannon Sailing.
• Lough Derg Yacht Club, which is the third-oldest yacht club in the world and one of two clubs with a fleet of Shannon-One-Design
  Shannon-One-Design
  The Shannon-One-Design sailing dinghy is a small sailing boat raced on the River Shannon and Loughs Ree and Derg in Ireland. The boats are 18 feet long by 4 feet 10.5 inches beam, drawing 4 feet with her centreboard down...
  
  sailing dinghies.
• Irish Paramotoring Club.