Littleton, County Tipperary

Village in County Tipperary, Ireland

Village in Munster, Ireland

Littleton

Irish: An Baile Beag

Village

Main Street

Littleton

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°38′21″N 7°44′18″W﻿ / ﻿52.6393°N 7.7382°W﻿ / 52.6393; -7.7382
Country| Ireland
Province| Munster
County| County Tipperary
Population

(2016)[1]

| 394

Littleton (Irish: An Baile Beag) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2] It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Cashel and to the southeast of Thurles. By-passed by the M8 in December 2008, Littleton lies at a crossroads on the R639 road. Its population was 394 at the 2016 census.[1] It is in the barony of Eliogarty.

Fingerpost in Littleton. Baile Beag

Littleton is closely associated with Bord na Móna, a semi-state company that harvests peat in the nearby complex of raised bogs. Littleton is also home to the 'Moycarkey Band', the Seán Treacy Pipe Band.[3]

## History

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St. Ruadhan of Lorrha founded a monastery on a raised island in the middle of the bog at Littleton. The "island" is called Derrynaflan and it became famous when a ninth-century chalice, paten, stand and strainer were found there in 1980. They are now in the National Museum in Dublin.[4]

## Churches

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A church of the Church of Ireland parish of Borrisleigh was built in 1786 with funding from the Board of First Fruits. In the 1960s, a church for the Catholic parish of Moycarkey was added.

## See also

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* List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland

## References

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1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Littleton". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. ^ "Littleton / An Baile Beag". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
3. ^ Bord na Mona website. Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. ^ Tipperary website. Archived 2006-12-25 at the Wayback Machine

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Places in County Tipperary

County town: Nenagh

Towns|

* Ballina
* Borrisokane
* Cahir
* Carrick-on-Suir
* Cashel
* Clonmel
* Cloughjordan
* Killenaule
* Nenagh
* Roscrea
* Templemore
* Thurles
* Tipperary

Villages|

* Ahenny
* Ardfinnan
* Ardmayle
* Ballingarry
* Ballycommon
* Ballyclerahan
* Ballylooby
* Ballyporeen
* Ballysheehan
* Bansha
* Birdhill
* Borrisoleigh
* Cappawhite
* Carrickbeg
* Castleiney
* Clogheen
* Clonmore
* Clonoulty
* Coalbrook
* Cullen
* Dolla
* Donohill
* Drom
* Dromineer
* Dualla
* Dundrum
* Emly
* Fethard
* Golden
* Gortnahoe
* Grange
* Grangemockler
* Hollyford
* Holycross
* Horse and Jockey
* Killea
* Kilsheelan
* Lattin
* Lisronagh
* Littleton
* Lorrha
* Loughmore
* Marlfield
* Milestone
* Moycarkey
* Mullinahone
* New Birmingham
* New Inn
* Newcastle
* Newport
* Ninemilehouse
* Portroe
* Puckane
* Rathcabbin
* Rearcross
* Rosegreen
* Rossmore
* Silvermines
* Skeheenarinky
* Terryglass
* Toomevara
* Two-Mile Borris
* Upperchurch

Baronies|

* Clanwilliam
* Eliogarty
* Iffa and Offa East
* Iffa and Offa West
* Ikerrin
* Kilnamanagh Lower
* Kilnamanagh Upper
* Middle Third
* Ormond Lower
* Ormond Upper
* Owney and Arra
* Slievardagh

* List of townlands of County Tipperary
* Category:Mountains and hills of County Tipperary
* Category:Rivers of County Tipperary
* Category:Geography of County Tipperary

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