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Driglilington, township.and vil. (ry. sta. Drighling-
ton and Adwalton), Birstall par., E. div. West-Riding
Yorkshire, 5 miles SE. of Bradford, 1136 ac., pop. 4214;
has worsted spinning and coal mining.

Drimarhanc, vil., Inverness. See DRUIMARBIN.

Drimfrics, 5m. from Buncrana, N. co. Donegal; P.O.

Drlmmie.—estate, Longforgan par., SE. Perthshire;
the Snabs of Driiuinic, alt. 177 ft., command a fine
view of the Carse of Gowrie;—2. Drlmmie, hamlet
with school (Drimmie Burn), 3 miles N. of Blair-
gowrie, E. Perthshire.

Drimnngli, par., in co. and 2 miles SW. of Dublin,
731 ac., pop. 354; contains Drimnagb Paper Mills,
and the ruins of Drimnagli Castle.

Driiuncil House, 34 miles from Appin, Argyllshire.

Drininin, seat, Morvern par., Argyllshire, on Sound
of Mull, opposite Tobermory; P.O.; on the site of an
old castle is a Roman Catholic chapel.

Drlmoleague, vil. with ry. sta. (junction for Skib-
bereen), Dromdaleague par., S. co. Cork, on river lien,
5 miles E. of Bantry, pop. 284 ; P.O., T.O.

Driinplon, vil., Broadwinsor par., Dorset, 4 miles
NAY. of Beaminster.

Drimsynie, seat, in par. and 4 mile W. of Lochgoil-
head, Argyllshire.

Drimyeonbcg, bay with good anchorage, on E. of
Gigha island, Argyllshire.

Drlnagh.—par., S. co. Cork, 5 miles S. of Dunman-
way, 12,868 ac., pop. 2486; P.O.—2. Drinagh, par., in
co. and 2 m. SE. of Wexford, 1170 ac., pop. 330; P.O.

Dring, 4 miles from Granard, co. Longford; P.O.

Drlnghoc, Upton, and Brough, township, Skipsea
par., East-Riding Yorkshire, 9 miles SE. of Driffield,
1705 ac., pop. 157.

Drlnghouses, township, St Mary Bishophill Senior,
Holy Trinity Micklegate, and Acomb pars., East and
AVest Riding Yorkshire, 14 mile SW. of York, 779 ac.,
pop. 477
; p.o.

Drlnkstone, par. and vil., W. Suffolk, 6 m. NW. of
Stowmarket, 2172ac., pop.463; P.O.; contains D. Fark.

Dripping Well, spring, in Fairlight Glen, E. Sussex,
24 miles NE. of Hastings.

Dripsey, vil., in co. and 12 miles AY. of Cork, on river
Dripsey; P.O. In vicinity is D. Castle and D. House.

Drishane, par. and seat (1436), AV. co. Cork (con-
taining Millstreet, town with ry. sta.), 10 miles AV. of
Mallow, 33,083 ac., pop. 6029.

DrochdHil, school, Old Luce par., Wigtownshire.

Drochil Castle, ruin, in co. and 7 miles NW. of
Peebles; was built by Regent Morton (1530-1578).

Drogheda, municipal borough, manufacturing and
seaport town, and county of itself, in SE. of co. Louth,
on the river Boyne, 4 miles from the sea, 32 miles N.
of Dublin and 81 S. of Belfast by rail—mun. bor.
and county of the town of D., 454 ac., pop. 12,297; 5
Banks, 2 newspapers. Market-days,
Wednesday and
Saturday. The river Boyne is here crossed by a railway
viaduct of 18 arches, and 95 ft. high. The town was
takon by Cromwell in 1649. It carries on a considerable
export tfade,particularly with Liverpool,in cattle, sheep,
grain, butter, eggs, &c. Vessels of 500 tons reach the
quay. (For shipping statistics, see Appendix.) There
are linen and cotton factories, flax-spinning mills, salt-
works, breweries, and tanneries. The fisheries are. in-
creasing in value. D. returned 1 member until 1885.

Drointon, hamlet, Colwich and Stone pars., AV.
Staffordshire, 54 miles NAV. of Abbots Bromley.

Droitwich, municipal borough and market town
with ry. sta., on river Salwarpe, a tributary of the
Severn (with which it is connected by canal), in co. and
7 miles NE. of Worcester and 125 NAV'. of London—
mun. bor., 1849 ac., pop. 3761; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank.
Market-day,
Friday. Droitwich depends entirely upon
its salt springs (or
wyches), which were probably worked
by the ancient Britons and the Romans, and certainly
by the Saxons. Many thousands of tons of salt are
manufactured annually, and nearly half the total
amount is exported to other countries. The bor. re-
turned 1 member to Parliament until 1885.

Droitwleb (or Mid) Division, pari, division of
Worcestershire, pop. 48,017.

Droitwlcli St Andrew, St Nicholas, and St Peter,
3 pars., forming part of the mun. bor. of Droitwich—



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