Drinagh (, meaning 'place producing blackthorns') is a village in

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. It lies on the

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between the towns of

Dunmanway Dunmanway (, official Irish name: ) is a market town in County Cork, in the southwest of Ireland. It is the geographical centre of the region known as West Cork. It is the birthplace of Sam Maguire, an Irish Protestant republican, for whom the tr ...

and

Skibbereen Skibbereen (; ) is a town in County Cork, Ireland. It is located in West Cork West Cork ( ga, Iarthar Chorcaí) is a tourist region and municipal district in County Cork, Ireland. As a municipal district, West Cork falls within the administr ...

. Drinagh is also close to

Rosscarbery Rosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats. History The ...

and

Drimoleague Drimoleague (historically ''Drumdalege'', ) 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 ...

. 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. Curraghalickey lake is located 3 km east of the village and provides the mains water supply for the village. The local amateur

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club, Drinagh Rangers A.F.C., was founded in 1983. The club plays its home matches at the Canon Crowley Park, which is located on the

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. 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. The men's first team won the 2020 West Cork League Premier Division title. According to the 2016 census, the

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in which the village lies had a population of 360. Notable people from Drinagh include Sean Hurley, who was 29 when he was fatally wounded during the 1916

Easter Rising The Easter Rising ( ga, Éirí Amach na Cásca), also known as the Easter Rebellion, was an armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week in April 1916. The Rising was launched by Irish republicans against British rule in Ireland with the a ...

in Dublin. 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''.

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