Cloughjordan
Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan (/klɒxˈdʒɔːrdən/ klokh-JOR-dən, Irish: Cloch Shiurdáin, meaning "Siurdán's stone or castle"), is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the barony of Ormond Lower, and it is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
Cloughjordan
Cloch Shiurdáin | |
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Town | |
Cloughjordan town centre | |
Cloughjordan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°56′25″N 8°02′08″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Elevation | 380 m (1,250 ft) |
| Population (2016) | 612 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R9761087713 |
The town is situated in the north-western part of Tipperary close to the border with County Offaly. It is almost equidistant from Nenagh, Roscrea and Birr and is close to Ireland's largest river, the Shannon, and Lough Derg.
Poet and Easter Rising leader Thomas MacDonagh, a native of Cloughjordan, described it as a place "in calm of middle country".
Cloghjordan has three Christian churches: one Roman Catholic (SS Michael and John's, built in 1898), Church of Ireland (St Kieran's, 1837) and Methodist (1875).
It is in the Dáil constituency of Tipperary. From 2016 to 2020 it was in the Offaly constituency. As of the 2016 census, Cloghjordan had a population of 612 people.