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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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