Boherlahan
Boherlahan (Irish: An Bóthar Leathan) is a small village and census town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It lies on the R660 regional road between Cashel and Holycross. Boherlahan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census, at which time it had a population of 299 people.
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, holy well, bawn and tower house (castle) sites in the surrounding townlands of Nodstown, Ardmayle East and Synone.
Charles Bianconi (1786–1875), entrepreneur and developer of coach services in Ireland, lived at Longfield House near Boherlahan, and commissioned an Italianate-style memorial chapel in the village cemetery. The local Roman Catholic church, alongside the cemetery, was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century church.
Amenities
The national (primary) school in the village, Saint Isidore's National School, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2017.
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Boherlahan–Dualla GAA.
References
- ^ "Towns: Boherlahan - Population Snapshot". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 28 January 2024.
- ^ "An Bóthar Leathan / Boherlahan". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Boherlahan (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement". cso.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Boherlahan
- ^ "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Boherlahan". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. April 2016. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021.
- ^ Record of Monuments and Places - County Tipperary (South Riding). Dublin: National Monuments and Historic Properties Service. 1997.
- ^ "Longfield House". askaboutireland.ie. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Charles Bianconi (1786-1875) – The Man Who Put Ireland On Wheels". turtlebunbury.com. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
[Bianconi] was buried in the family vault of the Mortuary Chapel which he had built at Boherlahan
- ^ "Bianconi Mortuary Chapel, Ardmayle East, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Saints Peter And Paul's Catholic Church, Nodstown, Boherlahan, Tipperary South". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Scoil San Isadóir, Bothar Leathan, Cashel, Co Tipperary" (PDF). education.ie. Department of Education. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Boherlahan/Dualla GAA Club". boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 28 December 2011.