Drimnagh
Encyclopedia
Drimnagh is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland
, situated on the Southside
of the city between Walkinstown
, Crumlin
and Inchicore
, bordering the Grand Canal
to the north and east. Drimnagh is in postal district Dublin 12.
who gave them to the Barnwell family. The Barnwells had arrived in Ireland with Strongbow in 1167 and had settled in Berehaven in Munster
. The natives of that province promptly attacked their home and killed off the family except a youth called Hugh de Barnwell. The youth was then given the lands of Drimnagh as compensation. The lands and castle were considered safe as they were far enough away from the Dublin mountains which held native strongholds.
The Dublin Corporations Housing area was once considered part of an area known as North Crumlin, from its construction in the mid 1930s, up until the introduction of the postal code system during the mid 1970s.
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
, situated on the Southside
Southside (Dublin)
The Southside is not an official administrative area but a colloquial term referring to the area of County Dublin bounded to the north by the River Liffey to the east by Dublin Bay, to the south and west by the boundaries of County Dublin...
of the city between Walkinstown
Walkinstown
Walkinstown is a suburb of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Southside of the city, approximately 6 kilometres south-west of Dublin city centre. The suburb borders Crumlin to the east, Drimnagh to the north, Greenhills to the south and Ballymount, Bluebell and Clondalkin to the west...
, Crumlin
Crumlin, Dublin
Crumlin is suburb in Southside Dublin, Ireland. It is the site of Ireland's largest hospital for children.-Location:Crumlin covers the area from the River Poddle near the KCR to the Drimnagh Road, to Bunting Road, and is situated not far from the city centre, on the Southside of Dublin city....
and Inchicore
Inchicore
-Location and access:Located five kilometres due west of the city centre, Inchicore lies south of the River Liffey, west of Kilmainham, north of Drimnagh and east of Ballyfermot. The majority of Inchicore is in the Dublin 8 postal district...
, bordering the Grand Canal
Grand Canal of Ireland
The Grand Canal is the southernmost of a pair of canals that connect Dublin, in the east of Ireland, with the River Shannon in the west,via Tullamore and a number of other villages and towns, the two canals nearly encircling Dublin's inner city. Its sister canal on the Northside of Dublin is the...
to the north and east. Drimnagh is in postal district Dublin 12.
Early to Medieval
Drimnagh derives its name from the old Irish word druimneach which means ridged lands. Evidence of Neolithic settlement was uncovered with the discovery of a funerary bowl which was found in a burial site. The site was demolished but the bowl is currently on view in the National Museum. The lands of Drimnagh were taken from the natives by StrongbowRichard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke , Lord of Leinster, Justiciar of Ireland . Like his father, he was also commonly known as Strongbow...
who gave them to the Barnwell family. The Barnwells had arrived in Ireland with Strongbow in 1167 and had settled in Berehaven in Munster
Munster
Munster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the south of Ireland. In Ancient Ireland, it was one of the fifths ruled by a "king of over-kings" . Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the ancient kingdoms were shired into a number of counties for administrative and judicial purposes...
. The natives of that province promptly attacked their home and killed off the family except a youth called Hugh de Barnwell. The youth was then given the lands of Drimnagh as compensation. The lands and castle were considered safe as they were far enough away from the Dublin mountains which held native strongholds.
Modern history
The first modern suburban housing was built in Drimnagh in the mid 1930s with the roads named after Irish mountains. The suburb consists of one area close to Drimnagh Castle/Lansdowne Valley, consisting of 3-bedroom private housing built by Associated Properties, and a Dublin Corporation area (the larger part) consisting of two bedroom 'Parlour Houses' bordering on the Grand Canal and Crumlin. Both areas meet at the Parish Church of Our Lady of Good Counsel, in the centre of Drimnagh, built in 1943.The Dublin Corporations Housing area was once considered part of an area known as North Crumlin, from its construction in the mid 1930s, up until the introduction of the postal code system during the mid 1970s.
Notable residents
- Eamonn CoghlanEamonn CoghlanEamonn Christopher Coghlan is an Irish Senator and former athlete, who specialised in middle distance track events and the 5000 metres...
, athlete. - Jimmy HolmesJimmy HolmesJames Paul Holmes is an Irish former professional footballer. Hailing from Meath Square in The Liberties he won 30 full international caps for the Republic of Ireland....
, footballer. - Don GivensDon GivensDaniel Joseph "Don" Givens is a football player and coach, and former Republic of Ireland U21 team manager...
, footballer. - Kevin Moran, footballer.
- Tony DunneTony DunneAnthony Peter Dunne , Irish football player who regularly appeared at left-back. He had 33 caps for the Republic of Ireland, playing for the national team in 1962–1975. He was Irish Footballer of the Year in 1969....
, footballer. - Dean DelaneyDean DelaneyDean Delany is an Irish football goalkeeper who plays for League of Ireland First Division club Shelbourne.Beginning his career in England with Everton in 1998, two years later he moved on to Port Vale, having never turned out for the first team at Everton despite winning caps for the Republic of...
, footballer. - Patrick KavanaghPatrick Kavanagh (footballer)Patrick Kavanagh is an Irish football player who currently plays for Shamrock Rovers in the League of Ireland.Kavanagh's first clubs were Ballybrack and St Joseph’s boys where his talent was soon spotted by scouts....
, Olympic footballer. - Brian Kerr, former Irish international football team manager .
- Michael CarruthMichael CarruthMichael Carruth is a southpaw Irish Olympic boxer from Dublin who won the welterweight gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. Carruth has just finished a stint as expert boxing analyst for RTEs Olympic coverage...
, boxer, boxed for Drimnagh but is from Greenhills. - Philip Sutcliffe, two-time Olympic boxer.
- Gabriel ByrneGabriel ByrneGabriel James Byrne is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, writer, cultural ambassador and audiobook narrator. His acting career began in the Focus Theatre before he joined Londo's Royal Court Theatre in 1979. Byrne's screen debut came in the Irish soap opera The Riordans and the...
, actor. - Patrick BerginPatrick BerginPatrick Connolly Bergin is an Irish actor and singer. He may be best-known internationally for playing the menacing husband of Julia Roberts' character in the thriller Sleeping with the Enemy and is also known for his role as Irish terrorist Kevin O'Donnell in the film adaption of Patriot Games....
, actor. - Emmet Bergin, actor.
- Seán KeaneSeán Keane (fiddler)Seán Keane was born on July 12, 1946 in Dublin. He is a well-respected fiddler, and also a fiddle teacher. He was a member of Ceoltóirí Chualann in the 1960s, before joining The Chieftains in 1968...
, fiddle player of The ChieftainsThe ChieftainsThe Chieftains are a Grammy-winning Irish musical group founded in 1962, best known for being one of the first bands to make Irish traditional music popular around the world.-Name:...
. - Patrick DoylePatrick DoylePatrick Doyle is a Scottish musician and film score composer. A longtime collaborator of actor/director Kenneth Branagh, Doyle is known for his work scoring such critically acclaimed films as Henry V , Sense and Sensibility , Hamlet , and Gosford Park , as well as noteworthy blockbusters as Harry...
, musician. - James KeaneJames Keane (musician)James Keane is an Irish traditional musician and accordion player. The Italian Castagnari company issued and continues a line of signature instruments called keanebox in his honor....
, musician. - Seán PottsSean PottsSeán Potts is an Irish musician. He is a native of Drimnagh and was born there in 1930. He is best known for his outstanding tin whistle playing and his duty with The Chieftains from 1962 to 1979.- With The Chieftains :...
, musician. - Patricia Cahill, musician.
- Colm Wilkinson, and Irish musical theatre, actor and singer.
- Niamh Marie Redmond, Miss IrelandMiss IrelandMiss Ireland is a national beauty pageant held in the Republic of Ireland each year, to celebrate the country's most beautiful women. Winners of the contest represent Ireland at the Miss World pageant. Other winners, including Roberta Brown and Siobhan McClaffey have also been delegates at rival...
winner 1996 - Alan DukesAlan DukesAlan Dukes is a former Irish politician who served as leader of the Fine Gael political party and Teachta Dála for Kildare and Kildare South. He holds the distinction of being one of only five TDs to be appointed Minister on their first day in the Dáil. He lost his seat in the 2002 general election...
, former Fine GaelFine GaelFine Gael is a centre-right to centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland. It is the single largest party in Ireland in the Oireachtas, in local government, and in terms of Members of the European Parliament. The party has a membership of over 35,000...
leader, was also born in the area. - Archie Raeside, author.
- Aaron DoranAaron DoranAaron Brian Doran Cogan , known as Aaron Doran, is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays as a right winger for Inverness Caledonian Thistle.-Blackburn Rovers:...
, footballer. - Tom DunneTom DunneThomas 'Tom' Dunne is an Irish radio broadcaster with Newstalk. He presents The Tom Dunne Show on weekday mornings between 10:00am and midday. He used to have a show called Pet Sounds on Today FM but gave it up...
, musician, broadcaster
Places of interest
- Drimnagh is home to Drimnagh CastleDrimnagh CastleDrimnagh Castle 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 Bluebell...
, famous for being the only castle in Ireland which still has a moat encircling it, and is Dublin's only authentic medieval castle. The castle dates back to the 12th century and was built by the Barnwells. - Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin is, in fact, entirely located within Drimnagh.
- Mourne Road Church is located at the centre of Drimnagh.
Sport
- Guinness Rugby Football Club is based in the Iveagh Sports Grounds on the Drimnagh side of the Crumlin Road.
- [ Good Counsel Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club has operated in the Drimnagh area since 1954. - [St. James' Gaels is the local Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club.
- Football Clubs include Mourne Celtic, Drimnagh Celtic, and St. John Bosco FC
Education
- Drimnagh Castle C.B.S. is a primary and secondary school for boys which was built in 1954 right next to the site of the castle. Over the past fifty years it has had many famous students such as the politician Charlie O'ConnorCharlie O'ConnorCharles "Charlie" O'Connor is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála for the Dublin South West constituency from 2002 to 2011. Mr. O'Connor is also a member of the AWEPA Governing Council....
, and footballers Kevin Moran, Niall QuinnNiall QuinnNiall John Quinn honorary MBE is a former Irish international footballer, and the ex-chairman of Sunderland AFC. He still works at the club as an overseas manager. He is also heavily involved in the management side of horse racing...
, Dean DelaneyDean DelaneyDean Delany is an Irish football goalkeeper who plays for League of Ireland First Division club Shelbourne.Beginning his career in England with Everton in 1998, two years later he moved on to Port Vale, having never turned out for the first team at Everton despite winning caps for the Republic of...
and Graham BarrettGraham BarrettGraham Barrett is a former Irish professional footballer. He played for the Republic of Ireland national football team. Barrett began his career at Premier League team Arsenal...
. Radio presenters Rick O'Shea (Paul Crossan, 2Fm), Andy Preston (Ian Moore, Fm104), and Chris Murray (Anthony Hanlon, Lmfm) have graced its corridors. - St. John Bosco Youth Centre
- Our Lady of Good Counsel School situated on Mourne Road.
- http://www.drimnaghparish.com