Oram, County Monaghan
Village in County Monaghan, Ireland
Village in Ulster, Ireland
Oram Eoroim | |
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Village | |
St. Patrick's Church | |
54°08′56″N 6°41′34″W / 54.14889°N 6.69278°W / 54.14889; -6.69278 | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Monaghan |
Barony | Cremorne |
Population (2016)[1] | 186 |
Oram (Irish: Eoroim, meaning 'yew ridge')[2] is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Ireland. The village is on the R182 road, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Castleblayney. The village population was 186 at the 2016 census.[1]
Oram's Catholic church, St Patrick's, was built in the 1820s and 1830s.[3] The local Gaelic games club is Oram Sarsfields.[4] The musician Big Tom McBride was from Oram.[5]
References
- ^ a b "Oram (Ireland)". City Population. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Eoroim/Oram". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Saint Patrick's Church, Oram, Monaghan". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (NIAH). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "Oram Sarsfields". Monaghan GAA. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
- ^ "'We called him the King': Tributes as country singer Big Tom McBride dies aged 81". TheJournal.ie. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
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County town: Monaghan
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