Roscrea (Irish: Ros Cré) is a historical market town in County Tipperary, Ireland. In 2011 the town had a population of 5,403. Its main industries include meat processing and pharmaceuticals. It is one of eleven civil parishes in the historical barony of Ikerrin. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.
Population: 5,403
Latitude: 52° 57' 4.00" N
Longitude: -7° 48' 6.01" W
Ireland is an island in northwest Europe in the north Atlantic Ocean whose main geographical features include low central plains surrounded by a ring of coastal mountains. The highest peak is Carrauntoohil (Irish: Corrán Tuathail), which is 1,041 me…
Leap Castle (pronounced “Lep”) is a castle in County Offaly, Ireland, about four miles north of the town of Roscrea on the R421.
Birr Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhiorra) is a large castle in the town of Birr in County Offaly, Ireland. It is the home of the seventh Earl of Rosse, and as such the residential areas of the castle are not open to the public, though the grounds and ga…
Leviathan of Parsonstown is the unofficial name of the Rosse six-foot telescope.
Castle Bernard' or Kinnitty Castle is a 19th-century gothic revival castle in Kinnitty (Cionn Eitigh), County Offaly, Ireland. It is located north of the Slieve Bloom Mountains on the R421 regional road between the villages of Kinnitty and Cadamstow…
Rathdowney or Rathdowny (Irish: Ráth Domhnaigh) is a town in southwest County Laois, Ireland. It lies some 32 km southwest of Portlaoise in the Irish Midlands, at the point where the R433 regional road from Abbeyleix to Templemore is crossed by the …
J.K. Bracken's Gaelic Athletic Club is a hurling and football club centred on the parish of Templemore, Clonmore and Killea in County Tipperary, Ireland. It plays in the Tipperary GAA county and Mid-Tipperary divisional competitions. JK Brackens is …
Garda Síochána College (or Garda College) is the education and training college of the Garda Síochána (Irish police). It is located at McCan Barracks, Templemore, County Tipperary in Ireland.
Borris-in-Ossory (Irish: Buiríos Mór Osraí, meaning "Burgage of Osraige") is a village in west County Laois, Ireland.
Kinnitty (Irish: Cionn Eitigh) is a village in County Offaly, Ireland.
Birr Airfield is an airport located 1 NM (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of the town of Birr in County Offaly in Ireland. It was originally called Birr View Air Strip.
Dunkerrin (Irish: Dún Cairin) is a small village in County Offaly, Ireland, just south of Roscrea and near the County Tipperary border. It on the R445 road which was once the main road from Dublin to Limerick. Dunkerrin is now bypassed by the M7, th…
Camross GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association hurling and gaelic football club in County Laois, Ireland.
Donaghmore (Irish: An Domhnach Mór) is a small village in County Laois in Ireland.
Ballybrophy is a railway station at Ballybrophy, County Laois, Ireland, near Borris-in-Ossory and Rathdowney.
Ballybrophy (historically Ballybrohy, from Irish: Baile Uí Bhróithe, meaning "townland of Ó Bróithe")(townland of Brophy) is a village in County Laois, Ireland, with a population recorded in the 2002 census of 145. It forms part of the Borris-in-Oss…
St. Brendan's Park (Irish: Páirc Naoimh Breandáin) is a GAA stadium in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland. It is one of the main grounds of Offaly's Gaelic football and hurling teams.
Roscrea GAA is a Tipperary GAA club which is located in County Tipperary, Ireland. Both hurling and Gaelic football are played in the "North-Tipperary" divisional competitions. The club is centred on the town of Roscrea. The club's colours are red a…