Kilsheelan
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Kilsheelan (Irish: Cill Sioláin) is a small village in South Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa East. It is one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Kilsheelan & Kilcash in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore. It is situated on the north bank of the River Suir, 8.5 km east of Clonmel and 11.8 km west of Carrick-on-Suir. It has a population of around 500 to 600 people.
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It has 4 pubs, a post office and a Peugeot car dealership. The village has twice won Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1975 and 1979.
In 2004, Marilyn Manson married the burlesque performer Dita Von Teese in a ceremony at Castle Gurteen de la Poer in Kilsheelan, the home of artist Gottfried Helnwein and his family since 1998. The wedding was exclusively covered by Vogue magazine. http://www.helnwein.com/presse/local_press/artikel_2551.html
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Coordinates: 52°22′N 7°35′W / 52.367°N 7.583°W
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