Redwood, County Tipperary

Redwood (Coillte Rua in Irish) is a townland[1] in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also an electoral district[2] in the Dáil constituency of Offaly having previously been part of the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.[3]

Location

Redwood townland is the most northern townland of Tipperary and therefore of the province of Munster.[4] It lies between the townlands of Ballymacegan and Ballyea with the River Shannon separating it from County Galway.

Places of note
Redwood Castle County Tipperary

Redwood Castle, a restored Norman castle with a Sheela na Gig[5] is a protected structure (ref S329) on the North Tipperary list of protected structures.[6]

Redwood Bog is a degraded raised bog it was acquired from Bord na Móna for conservation purposes and established as a nature reserve. It was established in 1991 and is state owned.[7][8]

Redwood church is listed as being a building of special architectural and social interest.[9] Built in 1853 it is a small well constructed single cell building built overlooking the Shannon Callows.

St. Ruadhan's Park, the Lorrha-Dorrha GAA grounds are located at Moatfield, Redwood.[10]

References
  1. "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
  4. "Tipperary - National Parks & Wildlife Service". Npws.ie. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. "Ireland's Sheela na Gigs: Redwood". Irelands-sheelanagigs.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.tipperarynorth.ie. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Redwood Bog Nature Reserve". National Parks & Wildlife Service. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  8. "S.I. No. 173/1991 — Nature Reserve (Redwood Bog) Establishment Order, 1991". Irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  9. "National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Archived from the original on 8 August 2004. type=record&county=TN&regno=22400102
  10. "St. Ruadhan' Park - Lorrha-Dorrha". Lorrha-dorrha.tipperary.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2013.

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