Our Lady of Good Counsel National School, Drimnagh - geograph

Drimnagh () is a suburb in

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to the south of the city between

Walkinstown Walkinstown () is a suburb of Dublin in Ireland, six kilometres southwest of the city centre. It is surrounded by Drimnagh to the north, Crumlin to the east, Greenhills to the south, and Ballymount, Bluebell, and Clondalkin to the west. Its ...

, Crumlin and

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, bordered by the Grand Canal to the north and east. Drimnagh is in postal district

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History

Early to mediaeval

Drimnagh derives its name from the word ''druimneach'', or country with ridges. A neolithic settlement discovered and a funerary bowl found in a burial site. The site was demolished, but the bowl is on view in the

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. The lands of Drimnagh were taken from their Irish owners by Strongbow, who gave them to the Barnwell family, who had arrived in Ireland with Strongbow in

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and had settled in Berehaven in Munster. The people of Munster killed the family except for Hugh de Barnwell, and this youth was given Drimnagh as compensation. The lands and castle were considered safe, as they were relatively far away from the Irish strongholds in the

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Modern history

Drimnagh was farmland until the mid-1930s, when some of the first tenement clearances brought city centre residents from one-room hovels to terraced and semi-detached houses in a series of roads named after the mountain ranges of Ireland. The suburb consists of one area close to Drimnagh Castle and Lansdowne Valley, with three-bedroom private housing built by Associated Properties, and another area (the larger part) built by Dublin Corporation and consisting of three-bedroom 'Kitchen Houses' and two-bedroom 'Parlour Houses' bordering the Grand Canal and Crumlin. The two areas meet at the parish church, the Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, in the centre of Drimnagh, built in 1943. The Dublin Corporation housing area was originally considered part of an area known as North Crumlin from its construction in the mid-1930s until the introduction of the postal code system during the mid-1970s.

Notable people

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, actor *

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, actor * Patricia Cahill, singer *

Michael Carruth Michael Carruth (born 9 July 1967) is a southpaw Irish Olympic boxer from Dublin. He is best known for winning the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He turned Pro in 1994 but retired in 2000. Amateur boxing ;Ol ...

, boxer, boxed for Drimnagh but is from Greenhills * Frank Clarke,

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, athlete *

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, MMA *

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, footballer * Alan Dukes, former

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leader, born in the area *

Tom Dunne Thomas Dunne is an Irish radio broadcaster with Newstalk, and a singer/songwriter with the band Something Happens. Prior to joining Newstalk, Dunne worked on Today FM, presenting his very successful and hugely popular radio program, "Pet Sou ...

, musician, broadcaster *

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, footballer * Jimmy Holmes, footballer *

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, Olympic footballer * James Keane, musician * Seán Keane, fiddle player of

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* Brian Kerr, former Irish international football team manager * Kevin Moran, footballer *

Rick O'Shea Paul Crossan (born 7 May 1973, also known as Rick O'Shea) is an Irish radio personality. He was born in Drimnagh, Dublin 12, grew up in Crumlin, and attended Drimnagh Castle Secondary School and later UCD. He has been a presenter on RTÉ 2fm ...

, broadcaster *

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, musician *

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, actor and musician *

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, two-time Olympic boxer *

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, actor and singer *

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, footballer

Places of interest

Drimnagh Castle Drimnagh Castle ( ga, Caisleán Dhroimeanaigh) is a Norman castle located in Drimnagh, a suburb of Dublin, Ireland. It is the only remaining castle in Ireland with a flooded moat around it; this moat is fed by a small local river, the Camac. ...

is the only castle in Ireland which still has a moat encircling it, and is one of Dublin's few remaining medieval castles. It dates from the 12th century and was built by the Barnwell family. * Mourne Road Church is at the centre of Drimnagh. *

Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (CHI at Crumlin; ga, Sláinte Leanaí Éireann ag Cromghlinn) in Drimnagh, Dublin is Ireland's largest paediatric hospital. CHI at Crumlin is so called because it is located ''at'' Crumlin. However it is ...

is located within Drimnagh.

Sport

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Rugby Football Club – based at the

Iveagh Grounds The Iveagh Grounds is a multi-purpose sports facility based in Drimnagh/Crumlin, Dublin. It is the home base of several sports clubs and teams who are associated with the Guinness Athletic Union. These include St James's Gate F.C. and St James ...

. * Good Counsel GAA – have operated in the Drimnagh area since 1954. * St James Gaels GAA – also based at the Iveagh Grounds. * Football Clubs include Mourne Celtic, Drimnagh Celtic and St. John Bosco. * Drimnagh Boxíng Club on Keeper road *

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every Saturday morning at Brickfield Park.

Education

* Drimnagh Castle CBS is a primary and secondary school for boys which was built in 1954 right next to the site of the castle. Over the past 50 years notable students included the politician Charlie O'Connor; footballers Kevin Moran,

Niall Quinn Niall John Quinn (honorary MBE; born 6 October 1966) is an Irish former professional footballer, manager, businessman and sports television pundit. As a player he was a striker who played top flight football for Arsenal, Manchester City and S ...

, Dean Delaney and Graham Barrett, and radio presenters

(RTE), Andy Preston (Ian Moore, FM104), and Chris Murray (Anthony Hanlon, LMFM). * Our Lady of Good Counsel School on Mourne Road * St John Bosco Youth Centre

Transport

Drimnagh is served by LUAS trams and Dublin Bus. Tram Drimnagh is on the Red Line of the Dublin City tram system. From West to East it is served by Luas stops:

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Drimnagh Drimnagh () is a suburb in Dublin, Ireland to the south of the city between Walkinstown, Crumlin and Inchicore, bordered by the Grand Canal to the north and east. Drimnagh is in postal district Dublin 12. History Early to mediaeval Drimna ...

- GoldenBridge - Suir Road. Bus Drimnagh served by Dublin Bus routes: 18, 27, 56A, 77A, 77X, 122, 123, 151.

References

External links

Drimnagh Residents AssociationsDrimnagh is Good
{{Dublin residential areas Towns and villages in Dublin (city) Civil parishes of Uppercross