Clogheen, County Tipperary
| Clogheen An Chloichín
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 Clogheen
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| Coordinates: 52°16′34″N 7°59′46″W / 52.276°N 7.996°WCoordinates: 52°16′34″N 7°59′46″W / 52.276°N 7.996°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | South Tipperary |
| Dáil Éireann | Tipperary South |
| Elevation | 54 m (177 ft) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 509 |
| Dialing code | 0 52, +000 353 (0)52 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S001137 |
| Website | clogheen.org |
| Historical populations | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1821 | 1,633 | — |
| 1831 | 1,928 | +18.1% |
| 1841 | 2,049 | +6.3% |
| 1851 | 1,564 | −23.7% |
| 1861 | 1,347 | −13.9% |
| 1871 | 1,317 | −2.2% |
| 1881 | 1,209 | −8.2% |
| 1891 | 915 | −24.3% |
| 1901 | 914 | −0.1% |
| 1911 | 734 | −19.7% |
| 1926 | 641 | −12.7% |
| 1936 | 479 | −25.3% |
| 1946 | 498 | +4.0% |
| 1951 | 505 | +1.4% |
| 1956 | 621 | +23.0% |
| 1961 | 576 | −7.2% |
| 1966 | 572 | −0.7% |
| 1971 | 530 | −7.3% |
| 1981 | 536 | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 502 | −6.3% |
| 1991 | 499 | −0.6% |
| 1996 | 518 | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 550 | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 509 | −7.5% |
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Clogheen (Irish: An Chloichín, meaning "the little stone")[6] is a village in South Tipperary, Ireland. The latest census of 2006 recorded the population of Clogheen at 509.[7]
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[edit] Location
It lies in the Galtee-Vee Valley with the Galtee Mountains to the north and the Knockmealdowns in close proximity to the south. The River Tar which is a tributary of the Suir runs through the village.It is located on the R665 and R668 regional roads. The nearest large towns are Cahir and Mitchelstown, approximately 14 and 20 kilometres respectively.
[edit] History
The first substantial records of the village date from the Cromwellian period, but the village would not come to note until the 18th and 19th centuries. It then became a local centre of trade and commerce. The village takes its modern form from the 19th century with a wide area that was formerly the Market Square (and still named so) and a number of townhouses in the Georgian style. Evidence of its former economic activity comes in the form of a number of ruined mills and accompanying mill-streams in the environs of the village as well as several large estates.
A one-time Catholic Parish Priest of Clogheen Fr. Nicholas Sheehy is buried at Shanrahan graveyard just outside the village having being executed in 1766. Sheehy had been a vocal opponent of Anglican Church tithes. When a secret oath bound society known as the Whiteboys, formed in the parish, elements of the Protestant Ascendancy conspired to make him an example to those who questioned or threatened their powers. After a kangaroo trial in Clonmel, he was hung for murder and treason, crimes with little basis, no reliable witnesses and no proof.[8] [9] Father Sheehy is considered a martyr to this day.
The stately Shanbally Castle was situated 4.5 kilometres outside the village. Built c.1820 for the 1st Viscount Lismore and designed by the architect John Nash. It was completely demolished by the state in 1960.[10]
Daniel O'Connell addressed a crowd of up to 50,000 people in the town on the 28th of September 1828 , as part of a public demonstration to demand Catholic emancipation.[11]
Lewis' Topigraphical Dictionary of 1837 notes Clogheen as being located in the barony of Iffa and Offa West and reported that there was 1928 inhabitants, a military barracks for the accommodation of two troops of cavalry, an extensive brewery plus seven flour-mills in the town and neighbourhood.[12]
[edit] Modern times
It is now primarily an agricultural town but it is well linked to the nearby economic centres of Clonmel and Mitchelstown and the larger economies of Cork, Limerick, and Waterford.
Clogheen gained national notoriety in 2000 when a former hotel, which was due to house refugees, was damaged by fire in an arson attack.[13] The events in question reputedly inspired the Gerry Stembridge, made for TV film, Black Day at Black Rock.[14] The problems reflected a general upheaval in Irish rural society in which the local population experienced net immigration for the first time in its modern history.
[edit] Sport
The local GAA club is Fr. Sheehys. The club is part of the South division of Tipperary GAA and represents the areas of Clogheen and Burncourt.
[edit] Gallery
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Clogheen as seen from the nearby Knockmealdown Mountains
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R668/R665 in Clogheen where they join to cross the River Tar before separating again
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Barrack Hill
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Shanrahan Graveyard, the final resting place of Fr. Sheehy
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Census for post 1821 figures.
- ^ http://www.histpop.org
- ^ http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census
- ^ Lee, JJ (1981). "On the accuracy of the Pre-famine Irish censuses". In Goldstrom, J. M.; Clarkson, L. A.. Irish Population, Economy, and Society: Essays in Honour of the Late K. H. Connell. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press.
- ^ Mokyr, Joel; O Grada, Cormac (November 1984). "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850". The Economic History Review 37 (4): 473–488. doi:10.1111/j.1468-0289.1984.tb00344.x. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/120035880/abstract
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ Irish census 2006
- ^ Madden, Richard Robert (1855). The Literary Life and Correspondence of the Countess of Blessington (Appendix). http://www.archive.org/stream/literarylifeand01maddgoog/literarylifeand01maddgoog_djvu.txt. Retrieved 01-04-2011.
- ^ Moore, Thomas (2008). Emer Nolan. ed. Memoirs of Captain Rock: The Celebrated Irish Chieftain with Some Account of His Ancestors Written by Himself. Field Day Publications. pp. 269. ISBN 9780946755363. http://books.google.ie/books?id=m95uNP6a5O0C&pg=PA269&dq=clogheen+sheehy+executed&hl=en&ei=NG6WTYz6BMmYhQeAzfH5CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CE8Q6AEwBg#v=snippet&q=despite%20the%20lack&f=false. Retrieved 02-04-2011.
- ^ McDonnell, Randal; The Lost Houses of Ireland, A chronicle of great houses and the families who lived there, Weidenfeld & Nicolson(2002)
- ^ Owens,Gary; 'A Moral Insurrection': Faction Fighters, Public Demonstrations and the O'Connellite Campaign, 1828, Irish Historical Studies Vol. 30, No. 120 (Nov., 1997), pp. 513-541 (Nov., 1997)
- ^ Lewis, Samuel; A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837).
- ^ "Man questioned over hotel fire". irishtimes.com. Tue 05 May 2000. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2000/0516/00051600030.html. Retrieved 2009-06-17.
- ^ Sheehan, Helena (2004). The continuing story of Irish television drama: tracking the tiger. Broadcasting and Irish society. 3. Four Courts Press. pp. 78. ISBN 9781851826889. http://books.google.ie/books?id=cRQbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22who+recognised+his+town+and+its+people+in+the+drama%22%22&dq=%22who+recognised+his+town+and+its+people+in+the+drama%22%22&hl=en&ei=HT2WTcTKHNSZhQfO_MDuCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA. Retrieved 01-04-2011.
