Clerihan or Ballyclerahan () is a village in

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 th ...

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. It is also a

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in the

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Iffa and Offa East Iffa and Offa East (Irish: ''Uíbh Eoghain agus Uíbh Fhathaidh Thoir'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Clonmel. The barony lies between Iffa ...

. It is approximately 8.5 kilometres north of

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

. Its name comes from the Irish meaning O'Clerahan's town. Locally, the "Bally" prefix is usually dropped and the village is almost always referred to simply as "Clerahan" which is most often spelled "Clerihan".

Location and transport

The village is situated along the R688 regional road from Cashel to

. Clerihan is 8 kilometres north of the N24 road which leads to

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the closest city to Clerihan which is approximately 56 kilometres from the village. The closest airport to Clerihan is

Waterford Airport Waterford Airport ( gle, Aerfort Phort Láirge) (IATA: WAT, ICAO: EIWF) is located in Killowen, southeast of Waterford. It serves southeastern Ireland. The airport is operated by Waterford Regional Airport plc. Its single scheduled route, oper ...

located 65 kilometres south of the village, and the

Port of Waterford "Waterford remains the untaken city" , mapsize = 220px , pushpin_map = Ireland#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Ireland##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = 1 , coordinates ...

is the closest port.

References

Towns and villages in County Tipperary Civil parishes of Iffa and Offa East {{Tipperary-geo-stub

Location and transport

See also

References