Its Irish name was historically anglicised as Straid or Strade.

[2] Close to the castle site is a 19th century Church of Ireland church, built on the site of an earlier ecclesiastical enclosure.

[6] This observatory is associated with astronomer William Edward Wilson (1851–1908) and built within the ground's of his family's estate at Daramona House.

[6] A large local amenity park and community centre was built to the north of the village in 2003.

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