Drimoleague (historically Drumdalege, Irish: Droim Dhá Liag, meaning 'ridge of two stones')[2] is a village on the R586 road at its junction with the R593 in County Cork, Ireland. It lies roughly halfway between the towns of Dunmanway and Bantry, within the civil parish of Dromdaleague. As of the 2022 census of Ireland, Drimoleague had 486 residents.[1]
Drimoleague
Droim Dhá Liag | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Main Street | |
  Drimoleague Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°39′35″N 09°15′39″W / 51.65972°N 9.26083°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| District | Skibbereen |
| Population (2022)[1] | 486 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | W128460 |
History
editDrimoleague is located in West Cork in the townlands of Baurnahulla and Dromdaleague.[2][3] Evidence of ancient settlement within these townlands includes a number of ecclesiastical, souterrain, holy well and fulacht fia sites.[4] Other archaeological sites include the Clodagh Standing Stones, a Stone Age site, which lies 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi) to the northeast. Castle Donovan, a ruined Irish tower house, is situated approximately 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the north.[5]
Drimoleague is the start for one of the five Pilgrim Paths of Ireland, St. Finbar's Pilgrim Path, which ends 35-kilometers away in Gougane Barra.[6] The village's Anglican (Church of Ireland) church was built in 1790,[5] and is now in ruin.[4] The local Methodist church was built c. 1870.[7] In 1956, a new Catholic church was completed on the site of an older church.[8] Designed by architect Frank Murphy, it is credited as being West Cork's first building in the modernist style.[9]
Drimoleague railway station opened in 1877 on the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway line.[10] It closed in the early 1960s.[11]
The TV series Holding, based on the similarly titled book by Graham Norton, was filmed in the village and surrounding area in 2021.[12]
Amenities
editLocal amenities include four public houses, a pitch & putt course, tennis courts, and a children's playground.[citation needed] The local national (primary) school, Drimoleague National School, had an enrollment of 59 pupils as of 2021.[13] Clann na nGael GAA club has facilities at Páirc Tadhg Na Samhna in Drimoleague.[14]
Gallery
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Former railway station that led to the foundation of Drimoleague -
Drimoleague railway station in 1955
References
edit- ^ a b "Census 2022 - Census Mapping - Towns: Drimoleague - Population Snapshot". visual.cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Drom Dhá Liag / Drimoleague (see archival records)". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "DRI". Encyclopædia Perthensis. Vol. 7 (2 ed.). Edinburgh: John Brown. 1816. p. 495.
- ^ a b Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork. Dublin: Stationery Office. 1992.
CO119-084---- [..] Holy well [..] BAURNAHULLA / CO119-064---- [..] Souterrain [..] DROMDALEAGUE / CO119-065---- [..] Fulacht fia [..] DROMDALEAGUE / CO119-063001- [..] Graveyard [..] DROMDALEAGUE [..] Rectangular graveyard on S-facing slope overlooking Drimoleague. Headstones date from early 19th century to present day. Souterrain (CO119-063002-) in NW corner. Remains of church (CO119-063003-), on site of earlier church (CO119-101---)
- ^ a b Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Dromdaleague, or Drimoleague". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Lewis.
- ^ "St Finbarr's Pilgrim Path, Cork". Pilgrim Paths of Ireland. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
In West Cork and South Kerry the practice of walking pilgrim paths to St Finbarr's hermitage in Gougane Barra has been in place for many centuries. One such path leads from Drimoleague, where – local tradition has it – St Finbarr arrived at the Top of the Rock in the sixth century and admonished the people to return to Christ, before making his way to Gougane Barra.
- ^ "Drimoleague Methodist Church, Dromdaleague, Drimoleague, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Dromdaleague, Drimoleague, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ English, Conor (21 July 2018). "Cork architect the unsung hero of modernism". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "Drimoleague". eiretrains.com. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
- ^ "Drimoleague" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
- ^ Neville, Steve (19 February 2022). "Holding: West Cork on show as first trailer for series based on Graham Norton's book released". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Dromdhallagh N S". gov.ie. Department of Education. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
Last updated on 7 September 2021 [..] Local Name Of School: Drimoleague National School [..] Enrolment Total: 59
- ^ "Club Profile - Clann Na NGael". gaacork.ie. Retrieved 15 April 2022.