Redcross (, formerly ''Baile Domhnaill Rua'') is a village and also a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
in
County Wicklow
County Wicklow ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606 in Ireland, 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the Provinces ...
, Ireland. It lies on the
R754 regional road, about east of the
N11 national primary route.
Townlands
The civil parish of Redcross comprises the following 28 townlands:
Ballintim, Ballinvally Lower, Ballinvally Upper, Ballydonnell, Ballygillaroe, Ballykean (Annesley), Ballykean (Penrose), Ballykean (Stringer), Ballynamona, Ballyrogan Lower, Ballyrogan Upper, Blindwood, Chapel, Coolanearl, Crone Lower, Crone Upper, Kilmacrea Lower, Kilmacrea Upper, Kilmacoo, Kilmurry North, Kilmurry South, Oghil Lower, Oghil Upper, Rahaval, Redcross, Springfarm, Templelyon Lower, and Templelyon Upper.
Village
Redcross is a small village set amongst a number of low hills. The R754 passes through the village and there is a post office, two shops and a public house, as well as two caravan parks. Amenities include a golf course, a sports hall, tennis courts, a bowling ground and a wine bar.
The church, a small building without a tower or spire, was built in 1829, when the parishes of
Kilbride,
Dunganstown and
Castlemacadam were united.
Notable visitors
The philosopher
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
From 1929 to 1947, Witt ...
stayed at a farmhouse in Redcross in 1948 after inspecting it and deciding he could work well there. Here he was occasionally visited by his friend the Irish psychiatrist
Maurice O'Connor Drury
Maurice O'Connor Drury (3 July 1907 – 25 December 1976) was an Irish psychiatrist, best known for his accounts of his conversations, and close friendship, with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Early life and education
'Con' Drury (as ...
. Wittgenstein said that his work was benefited by living here as "I could never have got this work done while I was in Cambridge". Durganstown is the ancestral home of the American President
John F. Kennedy.
The village Redcross has been used for the setting of a number of films, one of these being ''
Durango
Durango, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Durango, is one of the 31 states which make up the Political divisions of Mexico, 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in the northwest portion of the country. With a population of 1,832,650 ...
'', based on a book by
John B. Keane.
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See also
* List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
{{County Wicklow
Towns and villages in County Wicklow
Civil parishes of County Wicklow