Ballyclerahan

Clerihan
Baile Uí Chléireacháin
Ballyclerahan
Village
Ryans of Clerihan public house
Ryans of Clerihan public house
Clerihan is located in Ireland
Clerihan
Clerihan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°24′43″N 7°47′24″W / 52.412°N 7.790°W / 52.412; -7.790
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyTipperary
Elevation
100 m (330 ft)
Population
 (2022)
 • Total
830
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish grid referenceS142290

Clerihan or Ballyclerahan (Irish: Baile Uí Chléireacháin, meaning 'the town of Ó Cléireacháin') is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the historical barony of Iffa and Offa East. It is approximately 8.5 kilometres north of Clonmel. The village had a population of 830 people as of the 2022 census.

Name

The name Ballyclerahan (Irish: Baile Uí Chléireacháin) comes from the Irish "the town of Ó Cléireacháin". Locally, the "Bally" prefix is usually dropped and the village is almost always referred to simply as "Clerahan" which is most often spelled "Clerihan".

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, ecclesiastical enclosure and castle sites in the townlands of Ballyclerahan, Ballybeg and Knockeevan.

The Civil Survey of 1654–1656 records that "the Towne and lands of Ballycleraghane" were owned by Paule Boyton in the mid-17th century and that "upon the s[ai]d lands stands a little castle and some cabbins [sic]". The Record of Monuments and Places records a possible castle site (of which no archaeological traces remain), in Knockeevan townland, near the site of Knockeevan House (also since demolished).

To the west of the village, in Ballyclerahan townland, is an ecclesiastical enclosure which contains a graveyard and the ruins of an early church. The current parish church, Saint Michael's Catholic Church, is located within the village and was completed in 1820. The local primary (national) school, Clerihan National School or Scoil Náisiúnta Chléireacháin, was originally located in the grounds of this church. It has been based at its current site since 1996.

Location and transport

The village is situated along the R688 regional road from Cashel to Clonmel. As of 2026, the 394 bus route (from Clonmel to Thurles) served the village. Clerihan is approximately 8 kilometres north of the N24 road which leads to Waterford. The closest airport to Clerihan is Waterford Airport located 65 kilometres south of the village and the Port of Waterford is the closest port.[citation needed]

Sport

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Clerihan GAA, was established in its current form in 2005 and won the South Tipperary Junior Football Championship in 2017.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Census Interactive Map - Towns: Ballyclerahan - Population Snapshot". visual.cso.ie. CSO. 2022. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 "Baile Uí Chléireacháin / Ballyclerahan (Clerihan)". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Commission. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Civil Parish of Ballyclerahan, Co. Tipperary". townlands.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  4. ↑ "Clerihan.ie - Community website for Clerihan". clerihan.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  5. ↑ "Shock at sad death of Clerihan school principal - Tipperary Live". nationalist.ie. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  6. ↑ "St. Michael's N.S." Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  7. ↑ Record of Monuments and Places - County Tipperary (South Riding), Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service, 1997
  8. ↑ Simington, Robert C., ed. (1931). The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656 - County Of Tipperary - Vol 1. Eastern And Southern Baronies (PDF). Dublin. p. 313.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  9. ↑ "NMS mapping data - TS077-025001-" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. TS077-025001- : Castle - unclassified : Knockeevan [..] indicated on the accompanying 17th-century Down Survey map (1655-6). There is no visible trace of this castle above ground. Knockeevan House, near which the castle is thought to be located, has been demolished and only the walled garden and outbuildings survive in a ruinous state
  10. ↑ "NMS mapping data - TS076-016002-" – via heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com. TS076-016002- : Church : Ballyclerahan [..] The church is roughly centrally placed within a graveyard (TS076-016004-). The church [..] is built of rubble limestone, randomly coursed
  11. ↑ "Saint Michael's Catholic Church, Ballyclerhan, Ballyclerahan, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  12. ↑ "Clerihan History". clerihan.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2026. The old church ruins and graveyard are situated [..] one mile west of the present village. The new church was built in 1820 [..] in the heart of the village and is dedicated to St. Michael
  13. 1 2 "Clerihan National School - Our School's Story". clerihanns.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  14. ↑ "394 Clonmel-Thurles". bustimes.org. Retrieved 2 September 2026.
  15. ↑ "Tipperary GAA player receives the all clear after Covid-19 test". tipperarylive.ie. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 2 September 2026. The [Clerihan] club, located four miles from Clonmel, was revived in 2005 and won the south Tipp junior football championship in 2017