Drung, County Cavan

{{Short description|Civil parish in County Cavan, Ireland}}

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{{distinguish|text=Dring, County Cavan, a townland in the civil parish of Kildallan}}

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Drung ({{irish place name|Drong|assembly}}) is a civil and ecclesiastical parish in County Cavan in Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://cavantownlands.com/drung-parish/ | website = cavantownlands.com | title = Drung parish | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20191223211207/http://cavantownlands.com/drung-parish-map/ | archivedate = 23 December 2019 }} It takes its name from a townland of the same name. The Catholic parish is in the Diocese of Kilmore and the Church of Ireland parish is in the Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh.{{cite web|url = https://www.churchofireland.org/find-a-church/parish/13750/drung | website = churchofireland.org | title = Find a church - Diocese of Kilmore, Elphin & Ardagh - Drung | accessdate = 11 March 2025 }} The civil parish of Drung is within the historical barony of Tullygarvey.{{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/402 | title = Drong/Drung | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | access-date = 17 October 2024}}

The R188 regional road, between Cootehill and Cavan Town, passes through Drung.{{cite web|url =https://www.northernsound.ie/news/two-vehicle-collision-on-r188-at-drung-254302 | website = northernsound.ie | title = Two-vehicle collision on R188 at Drung | date = 28 February 2025 | accessdate = 16 March 2025 }} The landscape of the area includes a number of drumlins and lakes.{{fact|date=March 2025}}

Until the early 20th century, the parish had been dominated years by a small number of landowners. These included the Clements family of Rathkenny and the Burrowes family of Stradone House, who owned estates in Drung.{{cite web|url = https://landedestates.ie/estate/4154 | publisher = University College Galway | work = Landed Estates Database | title = Estates - Clements/Lucas-Clements | accessdate = 16 March 2025 }}{{cite web|url = https://landedestates.ie/estate/4080 | publisher = University College Galway | work = Landed Estates Database | title = Estates - Burrowes (Stradone) | accessdate = 16 March 2025 }} Before these Anglo-Irish families were granted their estates by the British Crown, the townlands in the parish had been owned by the O'Reilly dynasty, a Gaelic aristocratic family, who lost their land after the 1641 Rebellion.{{fact|date=March 2025}}