Dromina () is a village and

townland A townland (; Ulster-Scots: ''toonlann'') is a traditional small land division used in Ireland and in the Western Isles of Scotland, typically covering . The townland system is of medieval Gaelic origin, predating the Norman invasion, and mo ...

County Cork County Cork () is the largest and the southernmost Counties of Ireland, county of Republic of Ireland, Ireland, named after the city of Cork (city), Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster ...

, Ireland. 9 km south-west of Charleville, the village is in the

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of Shandrum, close to the village of Newtownshandrum. As of the 2016 census, Dromina had a population of 275 people, up from 207 as of the 1996 census. The local church, Saints Peter and Paul church (built in 1936), is in Shandrum parish within the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne The Diocese of Cloyne () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel (also known as Munster). History The diocese has its beginnings in the monastic settlem ...

. As of the start of the 2020 school year, Dromina's national (primary) school had an enrollment of 68 pupils.

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Towns and villages in County Cork {{Cork-geo-stub

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