Dromyn aka Cill Lapóg (St. Lapóg's Church)

Cill Lapóg > Killappoge > 'St. Lappog's church' was identified by J. O'Donovan in the 1830s with a Saint Lappog (of whom nothing was known).   Lapóg or Lapán is a familiar form of Labhraidh – he who speaks – and four instances are known in Ireland but there is no saint of the name (Ó Riain 2011, 391).

KILLAPPOGE CHURCH    [SMR No.   RO010-062003-]

The site of Cill Lappóg can be found north of Killappoge Old Cemetery, just left off the road to Croghan. It was also known as Dromyn* (D'Alton 1845, 89) and some early 19th century RC Burial records refer to it as such. Drummin is a topographical placename that refers to 'a ridge or long hill'. The site of this old church is situated on top of a knoll.

An ecclesiastical enclosure (RO010-062003-) is visible as a D-shaped grass-covered area, defined by an earthen bank SE-SW, and a scarp (aprox 1.5m high) elsewhere.

A rectangular graveyard (RO010-062002-) approx 30m x 30m is marked on the 1837 edition of the OS 6-inch map. Although human bones and copper ornaments were found there circa 1860 (OS Name Book) nothing of this churhc or graveyard is now visible.

*Not to be confused with Drummin, a sub-denomination of the townland of Derrylow