Littleton, County Tipperary
Littleton
Irish: An Baile Beag | |
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  Littleton Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°38′21″N 7°44′18″W / 52.6393°N 7.7382°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Population | 394 |
Littleton (Irish: An Baile Beag) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2] It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Cashel and to the southeast of Thurles. By-passed by the M8 in December 2008, Littleton lies at a crossroads on the R639 road. Its population was 394 at the 2016 census.[1] It is in the barony of Eliogarty.
Littleton is closely associated with Bord na Móna, a semi-state company that harvests peat in the nearby complex of raised bogs. Littleton is also home to the 'Moycarkey Band', the Seán Treacy Pipe Band.[3]
History
[edit]St. Ruadhan of Lorrha founded a monastery on a raised island in the middle of the bog at Littleton. The "island" is called Derrynaflan and it became famous when a ninth-century chalice, paten, stand and strainer were found there in 1980. They are now in the National Museum in Dublin.[4]
Churches
[edit]A church of the Church of Ireland parish of Borrisleigh was built in 1786 with funding from the Board of First Fruits. In the 1960s, a church for the Catholic parish of Moycarkey was added.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Littleton". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Littleton / An Baile Beag". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
- ^ Bord na Mona website. Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Tipperary website. Archived 2006-12-25 at the Wayback Machine
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