Fethard
Fiodh Ard (Irish) | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Town centre | |
  Fethard Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°27′54″N 7°41′46″W / 52.465°N 7.696°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Tipperary |
| Area | |
• Total | 2.21 km2 (0.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 69 m (226 ft) |
| Population | 1,738 |
| Irish Grid Reference | S207355 |
| Year | Pop. | ±% |
|---|---|---|
| 1821 | 2,878 | — |
| 1831 | 3,405 | +18.3% |
| 1841 | 3,915 | +15.0% |
| 1851 | 2,767 | −29.3% |
| 1861 | 2,303 | −16.8% |
| 1871 | 2,106 | −8.6% |
| 1881 | 1,926 | −8.5% |
| 1891 | 1,607 | −16.6% |
| 1901 | 1,498 | −6.8% |
| 1911 | 1,473 | −1.7% |
| 1926 | 1,180 | −19.9% |
| 1936 | 1,112 | −5.8% |
| 1946 | 1,024 | −7.9% |
| 1951 | 984 | −3.9% |
| 1956 | 992 | +0.8% |
| 1961 | 962 | −3.0% |
| 1966 | 997 | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 1,064 | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,285 | +20.8% |
| 1986 | 1,391 | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 1,431 | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1,397 | −2.4% |
| 2002 | 1,388 | −0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,374 | −1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,541 | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 1,545 | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,738 | +12.5% |
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Fethard (/ˈfɛθərd/; Irish: Fiodh Ard, meaning 'high wood')[4][5] is a small town in County Tipperary, Ireland. Dating to the Norman invasion of Ireland, the town's walls were first laid-out in the 13th century, with some sections of these defensive fortifications surviving today.
Fethard is located 16 km (9.9 mi) east of Cashel on the Clashawley River where the R692, R689 and R706 regional roads intersect. It is a civil parish in the barony of Middle Third and in the ecclesiastical parish of "Fethard and Killusty" in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. As of 2022[update], the town's population was 1,738.[1]
- ^ a b c "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Fethard". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 30 September 2023.
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Fethard". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 22 April 2019.
- ^ http://www.cso.ie/census and www.histpop.org. Figures include environs of Fethard. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see J. J. Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p. 54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700-1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov. 1984), pp. 473–488.
- ^ A. D. Mills, 2003, A Dictionary of British Place-Names, Oxford University Press
- ^ "Fiodh Ard/Fethard". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland. Retrieved 20 June 2011. (archival records)