Littleton, County Tipperary

Littleton Irish: An Baile Beag
Village
Main Street
Littleton Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°38′21″N 7°44′18″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	County Tipperary
Population  (2016)[1]	394

Littleton (Irish: An Baile Beag) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2] It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about 18 km (11 mi) northeast of Cashel and to the southeast of Thurles. By-passed by the M8 in December 2008, Littleton lies at a crossroads on the R639 road. Its population was 394 at the 2016 census.[1] It is in the barony of Eliogarty.

Fingerpost in Littleton.

Baile Beag

Littleton is closely associated with Bord na Móna, a semi-state company that harvests peat in the nearby complex of raised bogs. Littleton is also home to the 'Moycarkey Band', the Seán Treacy Pipe Band.[3]

History

St. Ruadhan of Lorrha founded a monastery on a raised island in the middle of the bog at Littleton. The "island" is called Derrynaflan and it became famous when a ninth-century chalice, paten, stand and strainer were found there in 1980. They are now in the National Museum in Dublin.[4]

Churches

A church of the Church of Ireland parish of Borrisleigh was built in 1786 with funding from the Board of First Fruits. In the 1960s, a church for the Catholic parish of Moycarkey was added.

See also

• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements Littleton". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. "Littleton / An Baile Beag". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
3. Bord na Mona website. Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine
4. Tipperary website. Archived 2006-12-25 at the Wayback Machine