Rosegreen () is a village
County Tipperary
County Tipperary ( ga, Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary, and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after t ...
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Ireland
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. It is about 6.4 miles south of
Cashel on the Cashel to
Clonmel road. As of the 2016 census the population was 171.
[ The village is home to the Ballydoyle Stables, which is the horseracing training establishment of ]Vincent O'Brien
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. Rosegreen is in the barony of Middle Third.
Name
The name ''Rosegreen'' is a corruption of ''Roe's Green''. It was named after the landlord Andrew Roe, who died in 1722 and whose tomb lies in the village graveyard in the ruins of the old church. The older name for the village was ''Rathmacarthy'' ().Placenames Database of Ireland
(see archival records)
Location and transport
The village is situated along the
R688 regional road and has two major towns nearby,
Clonmel is 17 kilometres south of Rosegreen and
Cashel is 10.3 kilometres north of Rosegreen. The village has easy access to the
M8 motorway north of the village and the closest airport to Rosegreen is
Waterford Airport located 73 kilometres southwards.
Sport
Rosegreen is home to Rosegreen GAA which is based in Páirc an Phobail. The club was founded in 1955 and the team colours are blue and white. The club declined in the 1960s due to emigration because of unemployment in the small rural village and as a result disbanded in 1970. However a population increase in the late-1970s saw the team reform in 1981.
See also
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List of towns and villages in Ireland
References
External links
Rosegreen.ie website
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Towns and villages in County Tipperary
Middle Third, County Tipperary