Graigue, Dorrha

Graigue (An Ghráig in Irish)[1] a townland in the civil parish of Dorrha in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the extreme north of the county, east of Rathcabbin and is one of 12 townlands in County Tipperary known as Graigue in English.[2]

The Church of Ireland church building (1832) was financed by the Board of First Fruits. It and its graveyard are located within the enclosure of an early Christian monastic settlement.[3]

The proposed new Dáil constituency of Offaly will incorporate twenty four electoral divisions from Tipperary North including Graigue.[4]


References

  1. ↑ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. 2011-12-09. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  3. ↑ "An Introduction To The Architecturel Heritage Of North Tipperary" ISBN 0-7557-7444-2 pp76 & 77
  4. ↑ "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford - Tipperary - Laois - Offaly - Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.

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