Ballyclerahan Explained

Clerihan
Native Name:Baile Uí Chléireacháin
Native Name Lang:gle
Other Name:Ballyclerahan
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Tipperary
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:862
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:WET
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.412°N -7.79°W
Elevation M:100
Blank Name:Irish grid reference

Clerihan or Ballyclerahan [2] is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa East. It is approximately 8.5 kilometres north of Clonmel. Its name comes from the Irish meaning O'Clerahan's town. Locally, the "Bally" prefix is usually dropped and the village is almost always referred to simply as "Clerahan" which is most often spelled "Clerihan".[3] [4] [5]

Location and transport

The village is situated along the R688 regional road from Cashel to Clonmel. As at 2024 the 394 bus operates once a day to/from Clonmel. Clerihan is 8 kilometres north of the N24 road which leads to Waterford the closest city to Clerihan which is approximately 56 kilometres from the village. The closest airport to Clerihan is Waterford Airport located 65 kilometres south of the village, and the Port of Waterford is the closest port.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area - Settlements - Ballyclerahan . CSO . Census 2016 . April 2016 . 20 October 2019 .
  2. Web site: Baile Uí Chléireacháin / Ballyclerahan (Clerihan) . Irish Placenames Commission . logainm.ie . 20 October 2019 .
  3. Web site: Clerihan.ie - Community website for Clerihan . clerihan.ie . 20 October 2019 .
  4. Web site: Shock at sad death of Clerihan school principal - Tipperary Live . nationalist.ie . 20 October 2019 .
  5. Web site: St. Michael's N.S. . 2014-11-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141129122146/http://stmichaelsnsclerihan.blogspot.ie/ . 2014-11-29 . dead .