Boherlahan
An Bóthar Leathan | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 52°34′20″N 7°53′37″W / 52.5722°N 7.8937°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | Tipperary |
Population | 171 |
Irish grid reference | S072467 |
Boherlahan ( Irish: An Bóthar Leathan) [2] is a small village and census town in County Tipperary, Ireland. [3] It lies on the R660 regional road between Cashel and Holycross. Boherlahan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, [4] at which time it had a population of 299 people. [5]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, holy well, bawn and tower house (castle) sites in the surrounding townlands of Nodstown, Ardmayle East and Synone. [6]
Charles Bianconi (1786–1875), entrepreneur and developer of coach services in Ireland, lived at Longfield House near Boherlahan, [7] and commissioned an Italianate-style memorial chapel in the village cemetery. [8] [9] The local Roman Catholic church, alongside the cemetery, was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century church. [10]
The national (primary) school in the village, Saint Isidore's National School, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2017. [11]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Boherlahan–Dualla GAA. [12]
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Boherlahan
[Bianconi] was buried in the family vault of the Mortuary Chapel which he had built at Boherlahan
Boherlahan
An Bóthar Leathan | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 52°34′20″N 7°53′37″W / 52.5722°N 7.8937°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Munster |
County | Tipperary |
Population | 171 |
Irish grid reference | S072467 |
Boherlahan ( Irish: An Bóthar Leathan) [2] is a small village and census town in County Tipperary, Ireland. [3] It lies on the R660 regional road between Cashel and Holycross. Boherlahan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, [4] at which time it had a population of 299 people. [5]
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, holy well, bawn and tower house (castle) sites in the surrounding townlands of Nodstown, Ardmayle East and Synone. [6]
Charles Bianconi (1786–1875), entrepreneur and developer of coach services in Ireland, lived at Longfield House near Boherlahan, [7] and commissioned an Italianate-style memorial chapel in the village cemetery. [8] [9] The local Roman Catholic church, alongside the cemetery, was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century church. [10]
The national (primary) school in the village, Saint Isidore's National School, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2017. [11]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Boherlahan–Dualla GAA. [12]
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Boherlahan
[Bianconi] was buried in the family vault of the Mortuary Chapel which he had built at Boherlahan