Coolgreany

Coolgreany (Irish: Cúil Ghréine, meaning "nook of the sun")[2][3]

Coolgreany Cúil Ghréine
Village
Coolgreany village
Coolgreany Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°45′54″N 6°14′02″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	County Wexford
Elevation	48 m (157 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	376
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	T181683

is a village located in north County Wexford in Ireland,

in the shadow of Croghan Mountain, overlooking Tara Hill in the extreme north of County Wexford..

The village is located about 3  km from the N11 Dublin-Wexford road at Inch. Amenities include a Gaelic Athletic Association pitch, handball alley, a grocery store, two pubs (public houses) and national (primary) school. The primary school opened in the early 1980s.

Nearby major towns are Arklow and Gorey.

Historically the village is known for the evictions of 1887 and The Great Coolgreany War of 2018.[4]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Coolgreany". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. A. D. Mills (2003). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. Oxford University Press.
3. "Cúil Ghréine / Coolgreany". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
4. "Coolgreany". North Wexford.com. Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2008.

External links

• Coolgreany Evictions Photo Album
• National Library of Ireland Catalogue : Album of photographs of the Coolgreany Evictions, Wexford, 1887