Boherlahan (Irish: An Bóthar Leathan)[2] is a small village and census town in County Tipperary, Ireland.[3] It lies on the R660 regional road between Cashel and Holycross. Boherlahan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,[4] at which time it had a population of 299 people.[5]
Boherlahan
An Bóthar Leathan | |
|---|---|
Village | |
 Synone Castle lies approximately 1.5km to the east of Boherlahan | |
  Boherlahan | |
| Coordinates: 52°34′20″N 7°53′37″W / 52.5722°N 7.8937°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Tipperary |
| Population | 171 |
| Irish grid reference | S072467 |
History
editEvidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, holy well, bawn and tower house (castle) sites in the surrounding townlands of Nodstown, Ardmayle East and Synone.[6]
Charles Bianconi (1786–1875), entrepreneur and developer of coach services in Ireland, lived at Longfield House near Boherlahan,[7] and commissioned an Italianate-style memorial chapel in the village cemetery.[8][9] The local Roman Catholic church, alongside the cemetery, was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century church.[10]
Amenities
editThe national (primary) school in the village, Saint Isidore's National School, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2017.[11]
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Boherlahan–Dualla GAA.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Towns: Boherlahan - Population Snapshot". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "An Bóthar Leathan / Boherlahan". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Boherlahan (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Boherlahan
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Boherlahan". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
- ^ Record of Monuments and Places - County Tipperary (South Riding). Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1997.
- ^ "Longfield House". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Charles Bianconi (1786-1875) – The Man Who Put Ireland On Wheels". turtlebunbury.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
[Bianconi] was buried in the family vault of the Mortuary Chapel which he had built at Boherlahan
- ^ "Bianconi Mortuary Chapel, Ardmayle East, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Saints Peter And Paul's Catholic Church, Nodstown, Boherlahan, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Scoil San Isadóir, Bothar Leathan, Cashel, Co Tipperary" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Boherlahan/Dualla GAA Club". boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011.