Rathgormack or Rathgormac () is a village and

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in northern

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Amenities

The village has a pub, a shop, a newly made all-weather pitch, a recreational park, a national school and a

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Church Rathgormack made national headlines in 2021 when, to avoid the loss of the village's last pub, 19 locals invested €12,000 each and formed a company to purchase it.

Geography

The village is 27 km west of

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towns of

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(7 km to the north-east) and

Clonmel Clonmel () is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Dro ...

. It is the twin parish of Clonea-Power. The population of the area is around 1200. Farming and agriculture-related industries are the main sources of employment. Tourism is also important, with a

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centre located in the village. It caters mainly for hikers to the nearby

Comeragh Mountains The Comeragh Mountains () are a glaciated mountain range situated in southeast Ireland in County Waterford and County Tipperary. They are located between the town of Dungarvan and stretch inland to the town of Clonmel on the County Tipperary bo ...

. The town is overlooked by Cruachán Paorach.

History

In 1921, during the

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, a District Inspector of the

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, Gilbert Potter was executed by

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of the

Third Tipperary Brigade The 3rd Tipperary Brigade () was one of the most active of approximately 80 such units that constituted the Irish Republican Army (1919–1922), IRA during the Irish War of Independence. The brigade was based in southern County Tipperary, Tippe ...

of the

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(IRA) on the banks of the River Clodagh, about 1 km south of the village.Abbott, Richard
''Police Casualties in Ireland 1919–1922''
Mercier Press: 2000: pg 226

References

External links

Rathgormack National School
* Website: https://www.rathgormack.ie Towns and villages in County Waterford

Amenities

Geography

History

See also

References

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