Drumshambo takes its name from the Gaelic: Drum-Sean-Bhoth meaning 'the Ridge of the Old Huts'. A pleasant little town situated on the southern end of Lough Allen and nestling beneath the Sliabh an Iarainn Mountain.

The town's fascinating history began with the middle age iron smelting industry. When the industry collapsed, coal was used for smelting and Drumshambo Pig Iron became famous far and wide. Furnace Hill at the fringe of the town remains as a testimony to this bygone age. A heritage centre in the Market House reflects the area's special links with narrow gauge steam trains, coal-mining and also features local folklore.

Clan Name

Drumshanbo is part of the ancestral home of the MacManus's and forms a stage of the Beara-Breifne Greenway which is based on the historic march of O'Sullivan Beara in 1603.

Greenways Festival 2003

Drumshanbo is talking part in the Greenways Festival in summer 2003 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the legendary 1603 march of O’Sullivan Beara from the Beara Peninsula to the Breifne area. Click here for info on the events