Dripsey
Dripsey is a village in County Cork, Ireland, on the R618 regional road around 20 km west of Cork City. It is situated on a tributary of the River Lee, the Dripsey River.- Type: Village with 380 residents
- Description: village in Munster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Model Village”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carrignamuck Tower House and Dripsey Castle.
Carrignamuck Tower House
Castle
Carrignamuck Tower House, located in Carrignamuck townland, is a 15th century tower house located 2.8 km north of Coachford village and 2 km north-west of Dripsey village.
Dripsey Castle
Event venue
Dripsey Castle is a country house in the townland of Carrignamuck, situated 3.3 km north-east of Coachford village and 2.5 km north-west of Dripsey village. The house was built, c. 1740, to replace the earlier 15th-century Carrignamuck Tower House.
Coachford College
School
Coachford College is a post primary school located in Coachford, County Cork, Ireland. Situated in the Lee Valley, 22 km west of Cork city, the catchment area stretches from Kanturk to Bandon, and from Ballincollig to Macroom. Coachford College is situated 3½ km west of Dripsey.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Coachford and Farran.
Coachford
Village
Farran
Locality
Farran is a village in County Cork, Ireland, in the parish of Ovens. It lies on the southside of the River Lee. Farran is 12 miles west from Cork City on the N22 road. Farran is situated 4½ km south of Dripsey.
Dripsey River
Locality
Dripsey River is a tributary of the River Lee in County Cork, Ireland. It rises near the Boggeragh Mountains and flows through several villages, including the eponymous Dripsey, before joining the River Lee near the Inniscarra Reservoir. Dripsey River is situated 6 km northwest of Dripsey.
Dripsey
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Cork, Munster, Southwest Ireland, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.91494° or 51° 54′ 54″ north
Longitude
-8.74199° or 8° 44′ 31″ west
Population
380
Elevation
82 metres (269 feet)
Open location code
9C3HW775+X6
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Russian—“Dripsey” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Dripsey”
- Dutch: “Dripsey”
- Irish: “An Druipseach”
- Irish: “Druipseach”
- Russian: “Дрипси”
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