Drumsna

Drumsna is a small village, situated on a hill overlooking the Shannon and has many historical associations. In a small cemetery close by is the burial place of Surgeon Thomas Heazle Parke 1857-1893 who accompanied Henry Morton Stanley on his exploration expedition in the African Congo. Within a short distance stands the ruins of a great mansion of the Jones family, who were local landlords and is where the novelist Athony Trollope wrote his interesting novel, the McDermotts of Ballycloran.