Dromore (from Irish Droim Mór, meaning 'large ridge')[1] is a small market town and civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland.

[4] Known locally as "the Mound", the fort occupies a prominent site to the east of the town centre and has views along the valley of the River Lagan.

[5] Dromore remained under Anglo-Norman control until it was captured and destroyed by Edward Bruce during the Irish-Bruce wars of 1315.

It was the seat of the diocese of Dromore, which grew out of an abbey of Canons Regular attributed to Saint Colman in the 6th century.

The town and cathedral were wholly destroyed during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, and the present church was built by Bishop Jeremy Taylor in 1661, who is buried there.

Also buried in the cathedral is Thomas Percy, another famous bishop of the diocese, who laid out the fine grounds of the palace.

[2] Of these: On census day (27 March 2011) there were 6,003 people living in Dromore (2,439 households), accounting for 0.33% of the NI total.

[20] Of these: Dromore is well served by the Translink Goldline Express bus service 238, running between Belfast and Newry.

It is a short drive from Dromore to Belfast (about 20–25 minutes off-peak), Lisburn and Banbridge due to the high-quality A1 road/M1 motorway.

At 74 ft (22.6 m) tall and 7 arches long, the eye-catching viaduct was the most noteworthy piece of engineering on the line.

The most prominent sports in the town are association football and rugby union, with cycling, hockey, lawn bowls, and athletics having some popularity also.

The town is also home to a number of former national and international event winning cyclists including Terry Mackin, double silver medalist at the National Track Championships and a bronze medal in the Kilometre Time Trial event in the UCI World Masters Track Championships,[34] Gareth Rogers, two time All Ireland Hill Climb Champion.

Mark won the gold medal at the 2016–17 UCI Track Cycling World Cup, Round 2 in Apeldoorn in the points race.

He also won the third round of the World Cup points race held in Cali, Colombia and picked up a Silver in the Madison with his teammate Felix English.

Mark concluding his 2017 World Cup campaign by winning the Madison in Los Angeles Round 4 and was overall series winner in the points race.

The town has one intermediate football team, Dromore Amateurs F.C., who compete in a regional league and play home matches at Ferris Park.

[38] The main sports facility in the town is Dromore Community Centre (also known as Holm Park), which offers two grass soccer pitches, two tennis courts and a bowling green.