Ballymackey () is a
townland
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and a
civil parish
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in
County Tipperary
County Tipperary () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Munster and the Southern Region, Ireland, Southern Region. The county is named after the town of Tipperary (tow ...
,
Ireland
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. It is located between
Toomevara and
Cloughjordan
Cloughjordan, officially Cloghjordan ( , ), is a town in County Tipperary in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Barony (Ireland), barony of Ormond Lower, and it is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
The town is si ...
. It is in the
Dáil constituency of
Offaly
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which incorporates 24 electoral divisions that were previously in the constituency of North Tipperary.
Facilities
Ballymackey Football Club plays on an
AstroTurf
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pitch in Ballinree. Some of their star players include Emmet Dwyer, Paraic “podge” Bergin and Matthew Bergin. Their most legendary player is Rylan Caplice who once scored a hat-trick against Moneygall.
The recycling centre located at Ballaghveny in Ballymackey was closed in 2011 pending a new arrangement being set up to run the facility.
Notable people
William Chester, the fifth
Bishop of Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert and Kilmacduagh and author. Educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
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, held the
incumbency
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There may or may not be a ...
at Ballymackey before his appointment to the
episcopate
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in 1884.
The
Ó Tighearnaigh of Ormond family held land in
Ormond Upper
Ormond Upper ( Irish: ''Urumhain Uachtarach'') is a barony in County Tipperary, Ireland. This geographical unit of land is one of 12 baronies in County Tipperary. Its chief town is Toomevara. The barony lies between Ormond Lower to the north (wh ...
including Ballymackey.
Buildings of interest
The ruined St Michael's church at Cloonmore was commissioned by the
Board of First Fruits. The building is listed as being of special Architectural, Archaeological and Social interest.
Castle Willington is an 18th-century Georgian style private residence with a 19th-century towerhouse style extension. Located beside the
Ollatrim River in the downland of Killowney Big. The building is listed as being of architectural and archaeological interest.
Townlands in the civil parish
*Ballaghveny
*Ballinahemery
*Ballinree
*Ballyknockane
*Ballymackey
*Bessborough
*Clashnevin
*Clonalea
*Cloonmore
*Coolderry
*Derrybane
*Derrycarney
*Donnybrook
*Elmhill
*Falleen
*Garravally
*Gortnadrumman
*Grenanstown
*Kilgorteen
*Killeisk
*Killowney Big
*Killowney Little
*Knockahunna
*Knockanglass
*Lismore
*Lisnamoe
*Lissanisky
*
Newtown
*Park
*Riverlawn
*Shanbally
*Tooreigh
*Wilton
*Woodville
See also
*
List of civil parishes of Tipperary
References
Civil parishes of Ormond Upper
Townlands of County Tipperary
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