Oram, County Monaghan
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Oram
Eoroim | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 St. Patrick's Church | |
  Oram Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°08′56″N 6°41′34″W / 54.14889°N 6.69278°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Monaghan |
| Barony | Cremorne |
| Population | |
• Total | 186 |
Oram (Irish: Eoroim, meaning 'yew ridge')[2] is a village and townland in County Monaghan, Ireland. The village is on the R182 road, about 5 kilometres (3 mi) north-east of Castleblayney. The village population was 186 at the 2016 census.[1]
Oram's Catholic church, St Patrick's, was built in the 1820s and 1830s.[3] The local Gaelic games club is Oram Sarsfields.[4] The musician Big Tom McBride was from Oram.[5]
