Kilsheelan
Kilsheelan (Irish: Cill Síoláin) is a village and civil parish within the barony of Iffa and Offa East in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also one half of the Roman Catholic parish of Kilsheelan & Kilcash in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.
Kilsheelan
Irish: Cill Síoláin | |
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Village | |
Kilsheelan Bridge, built c.1820 | |
Kilsheelan Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°21′41″N 7°34′49″W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Population (2016) | 812 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
It is situated on the north bank of the River Suir, 8.5 kilometres (5.3 mi) east of Clonmel and 11.8 km (7.3 mi) west of Carrick-on-Suir, on the N24 and R706 roads. As of 2016, it had a population of 812 people.
Kilsheelan is notable in having won the Tidy Towns competition twice, in both 1975 and 1979. It is represented by the Kilsheelan-Kilcash GAA club.
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