Creggs village is located at the foot of Mount-Mary, lying between the forks of the Derryhippo River, a tributary of the river Suck. Being in a central position to seven other villages, it was a thriving market town, famous for its fairs and dances. An interesting statistic about the village is that the population increased during the Famine, going from 163 in 1841 to 173 in 1851. Due to its proximity to the rivers and lakes, it once had a flourishing iron works industry. The renowned Luke Kelly continued the blacksmith's trade here until the 1960's. A claypipe industry also existed in the village of Kilbegnet, just outside Creggs. Creggs was the territory of the Glinsk-Burkes family who sold their estates to Alan Pollock in 1854; the property has now been converted into Keane's Pub.

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Creggs is part of the ancestral home of the Finnerty's and forms a stage of the Beara-Breifne Greenway which is based on the historic march of O'Sullivan Beara in 1603.

Greenways Festival 2003

Creggs is talking part in the Greenways Festival in summer 2003 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the legendary 1603 march of O’Sullivan Beara from the Beara Peninsula to the Breifne area. Click here for info on the events