# Coolgreany

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{{short description|Village in County Wexford, Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Coolgreany
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Cúil Ghréine}}
|native_name_lang       = ga
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = File:The Coolgreany Inn - geograph.org.uk - 705813 (cropped).jpg
|image_caption          = Coolgreany village
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
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|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
|subdivision_type1      = [Province](/source/Provinces_of_Ireland)
|subdivision_name1      = [Leinster](/source/Leinster)
|subdivision_type3      = [County](/source/Counties_of_Ireland)
|subdivision_name3      = [County Wexford](/source/County_Wexford)
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|unit_pref              = Metric
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|population_as_of       = [2016](/source/2016_census_of_Ireland)
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|population_total       = 376
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|timezone1              = [WET](/source/West_European_Time) 
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'''Coolgreany''' ({{Irish place name|Cúil Ghréine|nook of the sun}})<ref>{{cite book | author = A. D. Mills | date = 2003 | title = A Dictionary of British Place-Names | publisher = Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1416687.aspx | publisher = Irish Placenames Commission | website = logainm.ie | title = Cúil Ghréine / Coolgreany | accessdate = 22 March 2020 }}</ref> is a village located in north [County Wexford](/source/County_Wexford) in [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland), in the shadow of Croghan Mountain, overlooking Tara Hill in the extreme north of County Wexford.

The village is located about 3&nbsp; km from the [N11 Dublin-Wexford road](/source/N11_road_(Ireland)) at [Inch](/source/Inch%2C_County_Wexford). Amenities include a [Gaelic Athletic Association](/source/Gaelic_Athletic_Association) pitch, [handball](/source/Gaelic_handball) alley, a [grocery store](/source/grocery_store), two pubs [(public houses)](/source/Pub) and [national (primary) school](/source/National_school_(Ireland)). The primary school opened in the early 1980s. A fire closed the grocery store in December 2025. <ref>{{cite web|url = https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/gorey-news/wexford-firefighters-battle-blaze-at-busy-shop-in-rural-village/a232630510.html | publisher = The Gorey Guardian | accessdate = 27 December 2025 | title = Wexford firefighters battle blaze at busy shop in rural village | website = independent.ie }}</ref>

Nearby major towns are [Arklow](/source/Arklow) and [Gorey](/source/Gorey).

Historically the village is known for the [evictions of 1887](/source/Land_War).<ref>{{cite web | title=Coolgreany | work=North Wexford.com | url=http://www.northwexford.com/coolgreany.htm | accessdate=2008-05-16 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421171311/http://www.northwexford.com:80/coolgreany.htm | archivedate=2008-04-21 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [List of towns and villages in Ireland](/source/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland)

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://thecricketbatthatdiedforireland.com/2013/05/26/the-eviction-of-mrs-darcy-coolgreany-eviction-album-wexford-1887/ Coolgreany Evictions Photo Album]
* [http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000211122# National Library of Ireland Catalogue : Album of photographs of the Coolgreany Evictions, Wexford, 1887]

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Category:Towns and villages in County Wexford

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