Rosegreen Explained

Rosegreen
Native Name Lang:ga
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:County Tipperary
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2016
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:171
Population Density Km2:auto
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.469°N -7.829°W
Elevation M:140
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Rosegreen is a village County Tipperary, Ireland. It is about 6.4 miles south of Cashel on the Cashel to Clonmel road. As of the 2016 census the population was 171.[1] The village is home to the Ballydoyle Stables, which is the horseracing training establishment of Vincent O'Brien. Rosegreen is in the barony of Middle Third.

Name

The name Rosegreen is a corruption of Roe's Green. It was named after the landlord Andrew Roe, who died in 1722 and whose tomb lies in the village graveyard in the ruins of the old church. The older name for the village was Rathmacarthy .[2]

Location and transport

The village is situated along the R688 regional road and has two major towns nearby, Clonmel is 17 kilometres south of Rosegreen and Cashel is 10.3 kilometres north of Rosegreen. The village has easy access to the M8 motorway north of the village and the closest airport to Rosegreen is Waterford Airport located 73 kilometres southwards.

Sport

Rosegreen is home to Rosegreen GAA which is based in Páirc an Phobail. The club was founded in 1955 and the team colours are blue and white. The club declined in the 1960s due to emigration because of unemployment in the small rural village and as a result disbanded in 1970. However a population increase in the late-1970s saw the team reform in 1981.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sapmap Area: Settlements Rosegreen . Census 2016 . . 1 January 2022.
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/47905.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland