An Rinn

An Rinn (Ringville) takes its name from the Irish 'rinn', meaning 'point' or 'headland', a fitting description for its location on a promontory of the Helvick peninsula in County Waterford's barony of Decies-within-Drum. The area lies at the heart of Gaeltacht na nDéise, the only Irish-speaking district in the southeast of Ireland. For centuries fishing dominated the local economy. By the 1830...