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{{Short description|Village in Counties Cork, Tipperary and Waterford in Ireland}}
[[File:Thatched house - geograph.org.uk - 816994.jpg|thumb|Thatched building in Araglin village]]
[[File:Church at Billeragh East - geograph.org.uk - 1625157.jpg|thumb|Catholic church (built {{circa|1860}}) at Billeragh East near Araglin]]
'''Araglin''' ({{irish place name|Airglinn}}),<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/129407.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Airglinn / Araglin | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref> also known as '''Araglen''', is a village on the border between counties [[County Cork|Cork]], [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]] and [[County Waterford|Waterford]] in Ireland. It is approximately 17 km east of [[Fermoy|Fermoy, County Cork]], 8 km south of [[Ballyporeen|Ballyporeen, County Tipperary]] and 18 km northwest of [[Lismore, County Waterford]]. The surrounding [[ecclesiastical parish]], of Kilworth-Araglin,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/parishioners-in-shock-as-respected-curate-found-guilty-and-fined-6000/26431613.html | website = independent.ie | title = Parishioners in shock as 'respected' curate found guilty and fined €6,000 | date = 20 March 2008 | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref> is in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Cloyne]].<ref name="cloyne">{{cite web|url = https://cloynediocese.ie/parish-kilworth/ | website = cloynediocese.ie | title = Cloyne Diocese - Parishes - Kilworth | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref>
==History==
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes [[ringfort]] and [[fulacht fiadh]] sites in the neighbouring [[townland]]s of Propoge and Lyre.<ref>{{cite book | title = Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork | place = Dublin | publisher = Government Stationery Office | date = 2000 | isbn = 0707664837 }}</ref>
Araglin Cottage, in the townland of Billeragh East, is a [[Tudor Revival]]-style cottage which dates to 1838.<ref name="NIAH">{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902804/araglin-cottage-billeragh-east-co-cork| publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Araglin Cottage, Billeragh East, Cork | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref> It was designed by architect Charles Frederick Anderson for [[Robert King, 4th Earl of Kingston]].<ref name="NIAH"/> The local Catholic church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception,<ref name="cloyne"/> is also located in Billeragh East and was built {{circa|1860}}.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/20902801/church-of-the-immaculate-conception-billeragh-east-co-cork | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Church of the Immaculate Conception, Billeragh East, Cork | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref> Araglen Community Hall, within the village, was built in the late 1960s.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.muintir.ie/community-groups/araglen-carnival-committee-co-cork/ | website = muintir.ie | publisher = Muintir Na Tire | title = Araglen Carnival Committee, Co. Cork | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref>
In April 1919, during the [[Irish War of Independence]], the [[Royal Irish Constabulary]] (RIC) barracks at Araglin was captured by an [[Irish Republican Army (1919–1922)|Irish Republican Army]] force under [[Michael Fitzgerald (Irish republican)|Michael Fitzgerald]].<ref>{{cite web|url = https://avondhupress.ie/araglen-ric-barracks-raid-the-first-to-be-captured-in-ireland/ | website = avondhupress.ie | title = Araglen RIC Barracks raid – The first to be captured in Ireland | date = 23 December 2019 | accessdate = 27 September 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/one-hundred-years-ago-the-first-ira-prisoner-dies-on-hunger-strike-1.4384038 | newspaper = Irish Times | title = One hundred years ago: The first IRA prisoner dies on hunger strike | date = 17 October 2020 | accessdate = 27 September 2023 | quote = On Easter Sunday, April 20th 1919, [Michael] Fitzgerald took charge of members of the Araglen company who engaged in an arms raid on the Araglen RIC Barrack }}</ref>
==Sport==
The local GAA club, [[Araglen GAA]], takes its players from the broader parish of Araglen which spans the counties of Cork, Tipperary and Waterford.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid-40360094.html | website = irishexaminer.com | title = Glory for Araglen in the littlest of Cork's little All-Irelands | date = 16 August 2021 }}</ref> The club, which competes in the [[Avondhu GAA|Avondhu division]] in north Cork,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.independent.ie/regionals/cork/sport/gaa/mallow-overcome-araglin-in-avondhu-division-2-hurling-league-final/a723782014.html | work = The Corkman | title = Mallow overcome Araglin in Avondhu Division 2 Hurling League Final | date = 12 July 2023 | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref> has its grounds to the east of the village in County Tipperary.{{fact|date=October 2023}} There is also a racquetball club based in the area.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.racquetball.ie/munster.html | website = racquetball.ie | publisher = Racquetball Ireland | title = Munster Clubs | accessdate = 25 September 2023 }}</ref>
== See also ==
{{commonscat|Araglin, County Cork}}
* [[Kilworth|Kilworth, County Cork]]
* [[Ballyduff, County Waterford]]
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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Cork]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in County Tipperary]]
[[Category:Towns and villages in County Waterford]]