Ballysheehan
Irish: Baile Uí Shíocháin | |
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Village | |
  Ballysheehan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°33′26″N 7°51′38″W / 52.55722°N 7.86056°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Tipperary |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 499 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
Ballysheehan (Irish: Baile Uí Shíocháin) is a village in the southern part of County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Middle Third, within the Munster province.[1][2][3][4]
In terms of area, it is approximately 0.64 square miles, or a little more than about 412 acres, making it the "810th largest townland" in Tipperary. Additionally, it sits within the Electoral Division of Cashel.[5] Historically, it has been a Protestant community.[6]
The town itself is only about 3 miles north of Cashel and near Fethard, with Ballytarsna as one of the many townlands within Ballysheehan's parish.[7][8][9] Additionally, Ballysheehan is one of the variants of the Clogheen Catholic parish in the Diocese of Waterford and Lismore and County Tipperary.[10]
The town's name comes from baile, which means townland, town or homestead.[11] It was created sometime before 1641. That year, the castle of one "William Kingsmill", which sat in the parish, was raided as noted in a local history.[12] The same history also recounts varying individuals living in the parish during the 18th century. Adding to this are scattered mentions in other varying histories of Britain and Ireland along with official documents of the period.[13][14][15]
- ^ Ballysheehan Townland, Co. Tipperary, accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ "Search for Ballysheehan". Ask about Ireland. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ General Alphabetical Index to the Townlands and Towns, Parishes, and Baronies of Ireland: Based on the Census of Ireland for the Year 1851, p 124, accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ Population of each province, county, city, urban area, rural area and electoral division, 2006 and 2011, Central Statistics Office (Ireland), accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ Irish Statute Book, "S.I. No. 288/1998 - County of Tipperary (South Riding) Local Electoral Areas Order, 1998," accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ David J. Butler, South Tipperary, 1570-1841: Religion, Land and Rivalry, Four Courts, 2006, pp 70, 177.
- ^ Ireland Gen Web, Ballysheehan Civil Parish County Tipperary, South Riding, accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ The Independent, "Independent Archive: Ned Kelly's father Red was a mean fellow," 24 August 1998.
- ^ Census of Ireland, 1901, p 97, 125, 215, 429, 473, 522, 559, 748, 781, 820.
- ^ National Library of Ireland, "Clogheen," accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ Dublin City University, Baile Uí Shíocháin, accessed 1 November 2017.
- ^ William P. Burke, History of Clonmel, p 60, 381, 390, 433-434.
- ^ L.T., A Candid Enquiry into the causes and motives of the late riots in the province of Munster in Ireland; by the people called White-boys or Levellers. With an appendix containing other papers on the same subject. In a letter [signed, L. T.] to a noble Lord in England, 1767, p 43.
- ^ "SECOND ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS FOR THE EXTENSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND," 1834, p 72.
- ^ House of Commons of Ireland, "The Parliamentary Register, Or, History of the Proceedings and Debates of the House of Commons of Ireland, Volume 8," p 201-202.