The history of Ballinderreen
St Sourney, the school of 1857, the houses of the 2000s, the music. 4 moments, in order.
- Early Christian times
Sourney of Drumacoo
The civil parish is Drumacoo, and the early Christian settlement of St Sourney lies within it.
- 1857
The school
The national school in the village is one of the oldest in the country.
- 2000 to 2010
New houses
Several small developments raised the village's population, and a small shopping centre with a fuel station, shop and takeaway opened in 2009.
- Today
Music and mummers
Ceoltóirí an Doirín teaches and records traditional music, and the mummers' tradition is alive in the parish.
Where this comes from
Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Ballinderreen", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.
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