Drangan
Drongán
Village
Catholic church in Drangan, County Tipperary
Catholic church in Drangan, County Tipperary
Drangan is located in Ireland
Drangan
Drangan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°31′01″N 7°35′03″W / 52.5169°N 7.5841°W / 52.5169; -7.5841
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Tipperary
Population
 (2016)[1]
145
Irish grid referenceS282406

Drangan (Irish: Drongán)[2] is a village, urban area and civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is in the historical barony of Middlethird.[2] As of the 2016 census, Drangan had a population of 145 people.[1]

The village is 19 km north of Clonmel.

The village's Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built in 1850.[3] A statue of Michael Cusack was erected nearby c. 1913.[4] During the Irish War of Independence in June 1920, the IRA's 3rd Tipperary Brigade (which included Dan Breen, Seán Hogan, Ernie O'Malley and Séumas Robinson) attacked and captured the Royal Irish Constabulary barracks in Drangan.[5][6]

The local primary school, Drangan National School, is a co-educational school made up of St Patrick's Junior School and St Patrick's Senior School.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Drangan (Ireland) Census Town". City Population. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Drongán / Drangan". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newtowndrangan, Tipperary South". Buildings of Ireland. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Michael Cusack Statue, Knockroe (Drangan Pr), Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Celebrating Tipperary's heroes of 1920". Tipperary Live. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Attack on Drangan Barracks". irishhistory1919-1923chronology.ie. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "St. Patrick's Junior And Senior National Schools". St. Patrick's N.S. Drangan. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
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