Drumcree, County Westmeath

Druim Criadh Drumcree
Town
Entering Druim Criadh, facing west towards Granard
Druim Criadh Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°38′50″N 7°12′30″W / 53.64722°N 7.208201°W / 53.64722; -7.208201Coordinates: 53°38′50″N 7°12′30″W / 53.64722°N 7.208201°W / 53.64722; -7.208201
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Westmeath
Elevation	118 m (387 ft)
Population (2006)
• Urban	326
• Rural	355
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
• Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	N500673
Website	www.westmeathcoco.ie

Druim Criadh (anglicised as Drumcree) is a small village in County Westmeath in Ireland on the R395 regional road. This village is part of St Mary's Parish, Collinstown, and a sister parish of St Feichin's, Fore.

The village is situated upon a crossroads, fringes parts of the Barbavilla Bog, the Glackstown Bog, and Mullacruaigh bog, all of which have been harvested for winter fuel for generations by the neighbouring communities.

Places in County Westmeath

County town: Mullingar

Towns	Athlone Mullingar

Villages	Ballinahown Ballykeeran Ballymore Ballynacargy Castlepollard Castletown Geoghegan Clonmellon Collinstown Coole Crookedwood Delvin Drumcree Drumraney Finnea Fore Glassan Horseleap Kilbeggan Killucan and Rathwire Kinnegad Milltownpass Moate Mount Temple Moyvoughly Multyfarnham Raharney Rathconrath Rathowen Rochfortbridge Rosemount Streamstown Street Tang Tubberclare Tyrrellspass

Baronies	Brawny Clonlonan Corkaree Delvin Farbill Fartullagh Fore Kilkenny West Moyashel and Magheradernon Moycashel Moygoish Rathconrath

List of townlands of County Westmeath List of civil parishes of County Westmeath Category:Geography of County Westmeath

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