Birdhill
Cnocán an Éin Fhinn | |
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Village | |
 The R445 regional road passes through Birdhill | |
  Birdhill Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°46′00″N 8°26′00″W / 52.766667°N 8.433333°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Time zone | UTC+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]
- ^ a b Placenames Database of Ireland Archived 2012-09-02 at the Wayback Machine (see archival records)
- ^ 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).