Drimoleague
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 (2016)[1] | 451 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Drimoleague (historically Drumdalege, Irish: Droim Dhá Liag, meaning 'ridge of two stones')[2] is a village[3] 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. It is within the parish of Dromdaleague.
History
Drimoleague was founded in and around 1851 in the townland of Baurnahulla, after Drimoleague railway station was built on the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway line. Situated in West Cork, Drimoleague is home to approximately 450 residents.[1] Local amenities include four public houses, a local GAA club and pitch as well as a number of tourist attractions.[citation needed]
In 1956 a new Catholic Church was completed, designed by Frank Murphy (architect). It is credited as West Cork's first building in the modernist style.[4]
Clodagh Standing Stones, a Stone Age site, lie 4.8 km (3 mi) to the northeast.
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.[5]
Gallery
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Former railway station that led to the foundation of Drimoleague -
Drimoleague railway station in 1955
References
- ^ a b "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements -Drimoleague". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office.
- ^ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ^ Encyclopaedia Perthensis. 1816. Volume 7. Page 495.
- ^ https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/homeandinteriors/cork-architect-the-unsung-hero-of-modernism-856730.html
- ^ "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.