Durrow (Irish: Darú, meaning 'plain of the oaks')[1] is a small rural village and townland in County Offaly, Ireland.

Durrow Abbey, surrounded by woods, is one of Ireland's most important early Christian monasteries founded by Saint Colmcille.

[citation needed] Iona was established in exile and during that time Colum Cille yearned for monasteries in Ireland.

Later rule of the Columban monasteries would be dominated by certain families who became hereditary rulers forming ecclesiastical dynasties.

Uí Néill association was also important and in 763 Domnall, King of Meath, was buried in the graveyard of Durrow.