Old Painting of Dromdiah House

Dromdiah, as it is now

The Davis family went to South Africa and their descendants have called to see the old house on a few occasions. They told the present occupants some of their history in Killeagh.

We do not know how many families were removed from Dromdiah prior to 1833. Certainly the fields are still known by the names i.e. Kelly’s field, Bruder’s fields (Broderick) and Curtain’s lawn.

Laurence Kelly was killed by police at Dangan fair in 1865

The Daly’s (Tim Daly – a son ) died in the 1867 rebellion, a cousin of his Maura Daly lived at the ‘clump’ now J.Aherne.

The architects were members of the Hill family who designed some of Cork's best known buildings including the Woodford Bourne building and the Queen's Old Castle.

In 2006 it was sold to Donal Lucy from Ballincollig with the intention of developing the orchard to the rear and side of the house.

At present it is up for sale with the house in one lot and the orchard in the other.

The house and some land was bought by James Lynch who operated a hatchery from the house where an extension was added to the side. Peter Lee owned the building from the late 1970’s. He started restoring the building to its original condition. The house then passed on to a woodwork teacher from Cork who completed the restoration and which he used as a family home. The house then passed to its present owners. Not much land now surrounds the house.

Some of the land was sold by Tom O’Brien for development and Woodview estate is now there, completed in 2000 by Star Homes.