Drimoleague
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| Drimoleague Droim Dhá Liag |
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 Drimoleague
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| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
Drimoleague (historically Drumdalege, Irish: Droim Dhá Liag, meaning "ridge of two stones")[1] is a village[2] on the R586 regional road at its junction with the R593 in County Cork, Ireland. It lies roughly halfway between the towns of Dunmanway and Bantry. It is within the parish of Dromdaleague.
History
File:Drimoleague Station.jpg
Former railway station that led to the foundation of Drimoleague
File:Drimoleague Junction Station geograph-2230230-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg
The station in 1955
Drimoleague was founded in and around 1851 in the townland of Baurnahulla, after a station (surviving building shown right) on the Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway was built there.
References
- ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland (see archival records)
- ↑ Encyclopaedia Perthensis. 1816. Volume 7. Page 495.
