Newtown, County Tipperary Explained

Newtown
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Tipperary
Subdivision Type3:Barony
Subdivision Name3:Owney and Arra
Subdivision Name4:Youghalarra
Subdivision Type5:Townland(s)
Subdivision Name5:Monroe, Pallas Beg
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:309
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.8786°N -8.2958°W

Newtown [2] is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on the R494 regional road 7km (04miles) west of Nenagh. As of the 2016 census, the population was 309.[1] It is in the barony of Owney and Arra.[3] It is also part of the parish of Youghalarra in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[4]

Geography

Newtown's climate is Oceanic (Cfb). The village lies in the base of the Arra Mountains. The Newtown River rises near Tountinna and flows past the town and into Youghal Bay. The town is split between Pallas Beg and Monroe townlands. There are three housing estates in Newtown and the Arra Rovers FC is based here. There are two pubs and a post office.

Places of note

Sport

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See also

References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area: Settlements Newtown . Census 2016 . . 31 December 2021.
  2. Web site: An Baile Nua/Newtown . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 31 December 2021.
  3. Owney and Arra - one of 14 baronies in the old county, between Lower Ormond to the north (whose principal town is Cloghjordan) and Upper Ormond to the east (whose principal town is Nenagh).
  4. http://www.killaloediocese.ie/parishes Parishes of Killaloe Diocese.