Birdhill

Birdhill
Cnocán an Éin Fhinn
Village
The R445 regional road passes through Birdhill
The R445 regional road passes through Birdhill
Birdhill is located in Ireland
Birdhill
Birdhill
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°46′00″N 8°26′00″W / 52.766667°N 8.433333°W / 52.766667; -8.433333
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Tipperary
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Birdhill (Irish: Cnocán an Éin Fhinn, meaning 'little hill of the fair bird')[1] is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is in the barony of Owney and Arra[2] and is part of the parish of Newport, Birdhill and Toor in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Its Irish name was historically anglicised as Knockan or Knockaneeneen.[1]

  1. ^ a b Placenames Database of Ireland Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine (see archival records)
  2. ^ Owney and Arra - one of 14 baronies in the old county, between Lower Ormond to the north (whose principal town is Cloghjordan) and Upper Ormond to the east(whose principal town is Nenagh).