Dechomet or Deehommed () (formerly Lowtown) is a small settlement in

Drumgooland Drumgooland is a civil parish in County Down, Northern Ireland. It is situated mainly in the historic barony of Iveagh Upper, Lower Half, with one townland in the barony of Iveagh Lower, Lower Half. Settlements The civil parish contains the fol ...

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

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. Dechomet is approximately 3 miles from Leitrim and approximately 6 miles from

Castlewellan Castlewellan () is a small town in County Down, in the south-east of Northern Ireland close to the Irish Sea. It is beside Castlewellan Lake and Slievenaslat mountain, southwest of Downpatrick. It lies between the Mourne Mountains and Slieve C ...

. In the 2001 census, Dechomet, Ballyward and

Finnis Finnis is an English language surname. Notable people with this name include: * Benjamin Finnis (born 1937), British modern pentathlete *Dorothy Kell Finnis (1903–1970), South Australian physiotherapist * Frank Finnis (1851–1918), British Royal ...

had a combined population of 121. Dechomet contains a

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, a

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, a

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and a

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within the village center.

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{{Down-geo-stub Villages in County Down