Rossmore () is a small village and

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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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. It is in the

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of Clonoulty,

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Kilnamanagh Lower Kilnamanagh Lower (Irish: ''Cill na Manach Íochtarach'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Dundrum. The barony lies between Kilnamanagh Upper t ...

. It is located in the

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(ED) of Clonoulty West. It is also half of the Clonoulty and Rossmore

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in the

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly The Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly ( ga, Ard-Deoise Chaisil agus Imligh) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church ( particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in mid-western Ireland and the metropolis ...

Geographic location

Rossmore is administered by Tipperary County Council, and lies within the boundaries of Tipperary constituency for the purposes of Irish general elections. Rossmore is almost

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from the three nearest towns. Cashel is 12 kilometres south-east,

Thurles Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arc ...

is 13 kilometres north-east, and

Tipperary Town Tipperary Town (; ) is a town and a civil parish in County Tipperary, Ireland. Its population was 4,979 at the 2016 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical baron ...

is 14 kilometres south-west. The nearest railway station is

Thurles railway station Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles. The cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Arch ...

, which has frequent and direct connections to Ireland's three largest cities:

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, and

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. Rossmore may also refer to a slightly larger area which forms one half of the

Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in the parish of Clonoulty and Rossmore, eleven miles from Cashel, County Tipperary in Ireland. The club is a traditional hurling club which is affiliated to the West Ti ...

club. The usage of the term Rossmore in these instances encompasses a number of other

s including Rossmore itself, plus Glenough, Turraheen, Knockbawn, Toragh, Doorish, Westonslot, Gorteenamoe, Drum, Drumwood, Tooreen, Coolanga, Clunedarby, Brockagh, Park, and Stouke.

Local facilities

The village consists of a national school, a

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, a

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alley, silent orchard airsoft site, a

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church, and a pub. Rossmore National School is a

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which has subsumed two other schools in close proximity to it over the past three decades - Glenough National School, and Turraheen National School. The majority of children from the Rossmore area travel to

or Cashel for second-level education. Bus services bring pupils to secondary schools in these towns. Rossmore is primarily an agricultural area, with numerous dairy and beef farms. The Multeen River, a

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of the

River Suir The River Suir ( ; ga, an tSiúr or ''Abhainn na Siúire'' ) is a river in Ireland that flows into the Atlantic Ocean through Waterford after a distance of . The catchment area of the Suir is 3,610 km2.

flows by the village, passing beside Rossmore Community Hall, and continuing downstream under Rossmore Bridge.Picture of Rossmore Bridge, 1867 (RIC police on the lookout for the Tipperary Fenian Flying Column)
/ref> The most popular team sport in the area is hurling, with hurlers from Rossmore having represented the

Tipperary GAA The Tipperary County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael Coiste Chontae Thiobraid Árann) or Tipperary GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in Coun ...

hurling team at all age grades.

References

{{County Tipperary Parishes of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly Towns and villages in County Tipperary Townlands of County Tipperary Kilnamanagh Lower