DRINAGH, a parish, in the barony of FORTH,
county of WEXFORD, and province of LEINSTER, 1½
mile (S. E.) from Wexford, on the southern shore of
Wexford haven; containing 451 inhabitants. It comprises
1791 statute acres, chiefly under an improved
system of tillage. Limestone is quarried near the shore
of the harbour, and more than 20,000 tons are annually
shipped. The seats are Somerset, that of G. Walker,
Esq.; and Hermitage, of A. Meadows, Esq. It is in the
diocese of Ferns, and is a rectory, forming part of the
union of St. Patrick's, Wexford: the tithes amount to
£90.4.0½. The ruins of the church exist in the ancient
burial-ground. In the R. C. divisions it forms part of
the district of Piercestown.