Grangemockler Explained

Grangemockler
Native Name:	Irish: Gráinseach Mhóicléir
Subdivision Type:	Country
Subdivision Name:	Ireland
Subdivision Type1:	Province
Subdivision Name1:	Munster
Subdivision Type2:	County
Subdivision Name2:	Tipperary
Pushpin Map:	Ireland
Coordinates:	52.4453°N -7.4693°W
Blank Name:	Irish grid reference

Grangemockler ^[1] is a village, civil parish and townland in southeastern County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located 2km (01miles) southwest of Ninemilehouse on the N76 national secondary road. As of the 2011 census, Grangemockler townland had a population of 193 people.^[2]

Grangemockler is the home of Grangemockler/Ballyneale GAA club. The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built .^[3]

People

• Michael Browne (1887–1971), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church^[4]
• Pádraig de Brún (1889–1960), clergyman, mathematician, academic and president of University College Galway^[5]
• Michael Hogan (1896–1920), Gaelic footballer killed in the Croke Park massacre^[6]

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gráinseach Mhóicléir . logainm.ie . Placenames Database of Ireland . 21 November 2017.
2. Web site: CD170 - Tipperary Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate . Central Statistics Office . 2011 . Grangemockler, Garrangibbon, Co. Tipperary [..] 193 .
3. Web site: Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Grangemockler, Tipperary South . . 3 July 2022 .
4. News: 1 April 1971 . Michael Cardinal Browne Dies; Tradition's Voice at Vatican II . 44 . . live . 3 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220703192012/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/04/01/archives/michael-cardinal-browne-dies-traditions-voice-at-vatican-ii.html . 3 July 2022.
5. Web site: De Brún, Pádraig (Browne, Patrick) . . October 2009 . 3 July 2022 .
6. Web site: Remembering Michael Hogan . gaa.ie . 4 November 2020 . 3 July 2022 .