Redwood, County Tipperary Explained

Redwood (Coillte Rua in Irish) is a townland[1] in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also an electoral district[2] in the Dáil constituency of Offaly having previously been part of the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.[3]

Location

Redwood townland is the most northern townland of Tipperary and therefore of the province of Munster.[4] It lies between the townlands of Ballymacegan and Ballyea with the River Shannon separating it from County Galway.

Places of note

Redwood Castle, a restored Norman castle with a Sheela na Gig[5] is a protected structure (ref S329) on the North Tipperary list of protected structures.[6]

Redwood Bog is a degraded raised bog it was acquired from Bord na Móna for conservation purposes and established as a nature reserve. It was established in 1991 and is state owned.[7] [8]

Redwood church is listed as being a building of special architectural and social interest.[9] Built in 1853 it is a small well constructed single cell building built overlooking the Shannon Callows.

St. Ruadhan's Park, the Lorrha-Dorrha GAA grounds are located at Moatfield, Redwood.[10]

References

53.1167°N -14°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 2013-05-21.
  2. Web site: Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland . logainm.ie . 2013-05-21.
  3. Web site: Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area. Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
  4. Web site: Tipperary - National Parks & Wildlife Service . Npws.ie . 2013-05-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120518015814/http://www.npws.ie/naturereserves/tipperary/ . 2012-05-18 .
  5. Web site: Ireland's Sheela na Gigs: Redwood . Irelands-sheelanagigs.org . 2013-05-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130512030823/http://www.irelands-sheelanagigs.org/archive/index-21276.php.html . 2013-05-12 .
  6. Web site: Archived copy . www.tipperarynorth.ie . 30 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140131164804/http://www.tipperarynorth.ie/heritage/docs/Register%20of%20Protected%20Structures.pdf . 31 January 2014 . dead.
  7. Web site: Redwood Bog Nature Reserve. 21 September 2020. National Parks & Wildlife Service.
  8. Web site: S.I. No. 173/1991 — Nature Reserve (Redwood Bog) Establishment Order, 1991 . Irishstatutebook.ie . 2013-05-21.
  9. Web site: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20040808003430/http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp. 2004-08-08. type=record&county=TN&regno=22400102
  10. Web site: St. Ruadhan' Park - Lorrha-Dorrha . Lorrha-dorrha.tipperary.gaa.ie . 2013-05-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140223045107/http://lorrha-dorrha.tipperary.gaa.ie/club-executive/committees/history/sponsors/club-location . 2014-02-23 .

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