Drinagh
{{short description|Village in County Cork, Ireland}}
{{about|the village in County Cork|the civil parish in County Wexford|List of townlands of County Wexford}}
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Drinagh ({{Irish place name|Draighneach}},{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/13027.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Draighneach / Drinagh | accessdate = 13 March 2021 }} meaning 'place producing blackthorns'){{cite book|chapter-url = https://archive.org/details/irishlocalnamese00joyc/page/40/mode/2up?q=drinagh | chapter = Drinagh | title = Irish Local Names Explained | date = 1885 | last = Joyce | first = Patrick Weston | authorlink = Patrick Weston Joyce | place = Dublin | publisher = M.H. Gill }} is a village in County Cork, Ireland. It lies on the R637 road between the towns of Dunmanway and Skibbereen. Drinagh is also close to Rosscarbery and Drimoleague. The village is in a civil parish of the same name.
Drinagh has a tennis court, two churches, one primary school, two pubs, one grocery store, a hardware store and a creamery. The local Catholic church, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, was built in 1932.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20912002/sacred-heart-roman-catholic-church-paddock-drinagh-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Paddock, Drinagh, Cork | accessdate = 24 October 2021 }} Curraghalickey lake is located 3km east of the village and provides the mains water supply for the village.{{fact|date=October 2021}}
The local amateur soccer club, Drinagh Rangers A.F.C., was founded in 1983.{{cite web|url = http://www.drinaghns.com/local-sports-clubs--facilities.html| publisher = Drinagh National School | website = drinaghns.com | title = Local Sports Clubs & Facilities | accessdate = 24 October 2021 }} The club plays its home matches at the Canon Crowley Park, which is located on the R637 Road. The club has men's, women's and underage teams and usually plays in red and black striped kits with plain black shorts and socks.{{fact|date=October 2021}} The men's first team won the 2020 West Cork League Premier Division title.{{cite web|url = https://www.southernstar.ie/sport/drinagh-rangers-finish-the-year-as-the-top-team-in-west-cork-4216259 | publisher = Southern Star | website = southernstar.ie | title = Drinagh Rangers finish the year as the top team in West Cork | date = 30 December 2020 | accessdate = 24 October 2021 }}
According to the 2016 census, the electoral division in which the village lies had a population of 360.{{cite web|url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ED3409&Geog_Code=2AE196291EFD13A3E055000000000001#SAPMAP_T1_100 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 |title = Sapmap Area - Electoral Division - Drinagh | date = April 2016 | accessdate = 13 March 2021}}
Notable people from Drinagh include Sean Hurley, who was 29 when he was fatally wounded during the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin.{{cite web|url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/1916-martyr-sean-hurley-to-be-honoured-in-west-cork-1.2630039 | publisher = Irish Times | website = irishtimes.com | title = 1916 martyr Sean Hurley to be honoured in west Cork | date = 29 April 2016 | accessdate = 13 March 2021 }} Fighting under Commandant Ned Daly, Hurley spent much of the Rising defending the rear of the Four Courts garrison from repeated British assaults. On 29 April 1916, shortly before the rebels' surrender, Hurley was shot in the head and arm, and was taken to Fr Matthew Hall where he died.
A jig titled "The Humours of Drinagh" can be found in Matt Cranitch's 2013 book, Irish Fiddle Tunes.{{cite book | title = Irish fiddle tunes: 62 traditional pieces for violin : with accompanying CD | first = Matt | last = Cranitch | publisher = Schott | date = 2013 | isbn = 9781847612410 }}{{cite web|url =https://thesession.org/recordings/4555 | website = thesession.org | title = Irish Fiddle Tunes: 62 Traditional Pieces for Violin - book & CD - 2 of 2 By Matt Cranitch | accessdate = 24 October 2021 }}