Tyholland Community Sports Centre (geograph 4986780)

Tyholland (), also known as Tehallan, is a small parish in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is the smallest parish in County Monaghan and borders County Armagh, Northern Ireland. For a period it was united with Donagh parish and later still with Monaghan parish. Since 1826 it has been once again a parish in its own right. It borders directly on Tynan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, in the east. To the southeast lies Clontibret parish, to the south and west

Monaghan Monaghan ( ; ) is the county town of County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It also provides the name of its Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish and Monaghan (barony), barony. The population of the town as of the 2016 census was 7 ...

parish, and to the north is Donagh parish. The disused

Ulster Canal The Ulster Canal is a canal running through part of County Armagh, County Tyrone and County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and County Monaghan in the Republic of Ireland. The Ulster Canal was built between 1825 and 1842 and was 74 km (46&nb ...

passes through the area of the parish, as does the N12, R185, and R213 roads. Tyholland has a Community Sports Centre at the N12.

History

County Monaghan’s sole contribution to the Fenian Rising of

1867 Events January–March * January 1 – The Covington–Cincinnati Suspension Bridge opens between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky, in the United States, becoming the longest single-span bridge in the world. It was renamed a ...

was in Tyholland, where

James Blayney Rice James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

was the "Head Centre" of the organisation in north County Monaghan. His grandfather had been in the United Irishmen of

1798 Events January–June * January – Eli Whitney contracts with the U.S. federal government for 10,000 muskets, which he produces with interchangeable parts. * January 4 – Constantine Hangerli enters Bucharest, as Prince of Wa ...

and was involved in the Killyneill ambush of that year.

O’Donovan Rossa Jeremiah O'Donovan Rossa ( ga, Diarmaid Ó Donnabháin Rosa; baptised 4 September 1831, died 29 June 1915)Con O'Callaghan Reenascreena Community Online (dead link archived at archive.org, 29 September 2014) was an Irish Fenian leader and member ...

was an important visitor to the Rice household and to the parish during the Fenian period. The Rice family were deeply involved in the political life of County Monaghan, and a large Celtic Cross at Tyholland Parish Church is a commemoration of the work done by them. Bishop

Liam McDaid Liam Seán MacDaid (born 19 July 1945) is the former Catholic Bishop of Clogher. He previously served as chancellor of the diocese. He officially resigned on 1 October 2016 due to ill health. Early life and priestly ministry MacDaid was born i ...

, was Administrator of the parish of Tyholland from 1993 until his appointment as Bishop of Clogher on 6 May 2010.

Sport

Tyholland is home to

Tyholland GAA Tyholland (), also known as Tehallan, is a small parish in County Monaghan, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is the smallest parish in County Monaghan and borders County Armagh, Northern Ireland. For a period it was united with Donagh parish a ...

football club, established in

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

, Junior Championship winners 1996. All-Ireland 7s junior winners 1997. Intermediate league winners 2001 & 2004. Intermediate championship winners in 2007. All-Ireland junior ladies Champions 2002

References

Townlands of County Monaghan {{monaghan-geo-stub