placenamesDerrynacaheragh
Doirín na Cathrach
Small pieces of public infrastructure and military archive records preserve distinct aspects of Derrynacaheragh’s history near Dunmanway.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Doirín na Cathrach · Irish · main form · validated name
- Derrynacaheragh · English · main form
- Derinacarah · English · main form
Place & story
A nineteenth-century water pump
A cast-iron water pump in Derrynacaheragh dates from around 1890. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage records its banded shaft, fluted neck and cap, finial and curved handle ending in a ball. Set on a concrete platform within rendered boundary walls, it combines decorative casting with a practical purpose. The inventory recognises its artistic, social and technical interest. [2]
A post box from around 1930
The local post box provides a later example of cast-iron street furniture. The National Inventory dates it to around 1930 and records a rounded head, raised display panel and P&T emblem. The box is mounted on a replacement post. Together with the older pump, it preserves visible evidence of the public services that served a dispersed rural community. [3]
A company in the Third Cork Brigade
Military Archives lists Dernichara, also called Derrinacahara, among the companies of the Third Battalion, Third Cork Brigade, on 11 July 1921. The company appears again in the reorganised battalion's list for 1 July 1922. These administrative records establish a local organisational presence during the revolutionary period, while distinguishing the company from neighbouring units at Togher, Behagh and Dunmanway. [4]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Cork
- Barony
- Carbery East (W.D.)
- Civil parish
- Fanlobbus
- Within
- Derrynacaheragh
- Coordinates
- 51.75048, -9.18752 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1412760 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Derrynacaheragh. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Derrynacaheragh waterpump,20910701 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Derrynacaheragh postbox,20910702 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- ThirdCorkBrigade,FirstSouthernDivision,BrigadeActivityReports · Military Archives,Military Service Pensions Collection
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.