Dripsey
An Druipseach | |
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Village | |
 Pub in Dripsey | |
  Dripsey Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 51°54′53″N 08°44′32″W / 51.91472°N 8.74222°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Cork |
| Population | 380 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Dripsey (Irish: An Druipseach, meaning 'the muddy river')[2][3] is a village in County Cork on the R618 regional road around 20 km (12 mi) west of Cork City. It is situated on a tributary of the River Lee, the Dripsey River. It is in the Catholic parish of Inniscarra. The Dripsey area hosts a water treatment plant, the Cork offices of the Environmental Protection Agency, and an award-winning garden center. The village has one pub, a primary school and a pre-school.
- ^ "Sapmap Area: Settlements Model Village Or Dripsey". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
- ^ "An Druipseach / Dripsey". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
- ^ Joyce, P. W. (1920). The Origin and History of Irish Names of Places (Volume 3) (PDF). Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland. p. 310.