Dripsey River
{{short description|River in County Cork, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{Use Irish English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Dripsey River
| native_name = {{native name|ga|Abhainn na Druipsí}}
| image = Bridge over the river Dripsey - geograph.org.uk - 2833430.jpg
| image_caption = Bridge over Dripsey River to the west of Dripsey village
| source1_location = County Cork, Ireland
| mouth = Confluence with River Lee at Inniscarra Lake
| mouth_coordinates = {{Coord|51.91|-8.71|display=inline,title}}
| length =
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Dripsey River ({{irish place name|Abhainn na Druipsí}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1410902.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Abhainn na Druipsí / Dripsey River | accessdate = 6 October 2023 }} is a tributary of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland.{{cite journal | title = The Lee Basin: Part 2, the Drainage Pattern | last = Farrington | first = A. | journal = Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy (Section B: Biological, Geological, and Chemical Science) | volume = 61 | date = 1960 | page = 242 | jstor = 20494830 }} It rises near the Boggeragh Mountains and flows through several villages,{{cite book | title = The River Lee, Cork, and the Corkonians | first = Bryan A. | last = Cody |publisher = Charles Mitchell | place = Dublin | page = 29 | date = 1859 | quote = Not far from the hamlet of Dripsey [..] the waters of the important tributary commingle with those of the Lee. The Dripsey has its source in the Boera mountains, on the borders of Muskerry }} including the eponymous Dripsey ({{Irish place name|An Druipseach|the muddy river}}),{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/129510.aspx| publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = An Druipseach / Dripsey | access-date = 30 May 2023 }}{{cite book | url = https://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/166-168_Irish-Names-of-Places/168%20Irish%20Names%20of%20Places%203.pdf| title = The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (Volume 3) | place = Dublin | publisher = Educational Company of Ireland | date = 1920 | page = 310 | first = P. W. | last = Joyce | author-link = Patrick Weston Joyce }} before joining the River Lee near the Inniscarra Reservoir.{{cite web|url = http://www.infowing.ie/waterway/782/river+dripsey | website = infowing.ie | title = Waterway - River Dripsey | accessdate = 6 October 2023 }}{{cite book | title = A History of the Diocese of Cork from the Earliest Times to the Reformation (Volume 1) | first = Evelyn |last = Bolster | date = 1972 | page = 14 }}
Crossings
{{see also|Luskin's Bridge|Leader's Aqueduct}}
Dripsey River is crossed by Luskin's Bridge and Leader's Aqueduct and Athnanangle Bridge, each in Clonmoyle East townland. The bridge at Athnanangle ({{etymology|ga|Áth na nAingeal|ford of the angels}}), {{convert|2.6|km|mi|abbr=on}} north-east of Aghabullogue village, is at the meeting point of Clonmoyle East and Killeenleigh. The Ordnance Survey name book of {{circa|1840}} names it as Athnanagul. The bridge, which had been constructed by the beginning of the twentieth century, replaced a former river ford which is depicted as 'Athnanangle Ford' and 'Stepping Stones' on the OS 1841 surveyed map.
Milner (1975) describes Athnanangle as an ancient ford associated with St. Olan of Aghabullogue and St. Lachteen of Donoughmore, marking the meeting place and dividing line between their respective parishes of Aghabullogue and Donoughmore.{{cite book|last=Milner|first=Liam|title=The River Lee and its tributaries|date=1975|publisher=Tower Books|location=Cork | isbn = 9780902568013 }} The Irish Tourist Association survey of 1944 gives some local folklore, as to a 'misunderstanding' between the two saints on the question of division of parochial territories. St. Lachteen, believing a portion of his territory to be wrongfully obtained by St. Olan, is said to have remarked 'there will always be a robber at Aghabullogue', with St. Olan, considering his neighbour difficult to deal with, replying that 'Donoughmore will always have its mad dogs'.{{citation|editor-last=Murphy|editor-first=C|title=Irish Tourist Association Topographical and General Survey | year=1944 | publisher=Irish Tourist Association }}