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Dromore West
is situated on the Dunneil River and sits between the Ox Mountains
and the Atlantic coast in north Co Sligo. It is located 8km from the
beach and surf resort of Easkey. The renowned Enniscrone Golf Club
is 20km away. One of
Sligo's best museums is located in Dromore West. Culkin's Emigration
Museum sits on the site of Daniel Culkin's original Shipping and
Emigration Agency, but today, features a host of fascinating
artefacts as well as the Agency itself, which is housed inside the
museum. About 3km
south of Dromore West is the ruins of a Famine Workhouse. A Famine
Commemoration Visitor Center is located close to the village.
The annual local festival in Dromore West occurs on the August bank
holiday weekend. |