Newtown, County Tipperary

For other uses, see Newtown, Ormond Lower.

Newtown An Baile Nua (Irish)
Village
Heading east towards Nenagh on the R494
Newtown Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°52′43″N 8°17′45″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Munster
County	Tipperary
Barony	Owney and Arra
Civil parish	Youghalarra
Townland(s)	Monroe, Pallas Beg
Population  (2016)[1]	309
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Newtown (Irish: An Baile Nua)[2] is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located on the R494 regional road 7 km (4.3 mi) west of Nenagh. As of the 2016 census, the population was 309.[1] It is in the barony of Owney and Arra.[3] It is also part of the parish of Youghalarra in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe.[4]

Geography

Newtown's climate is Oceanic (Cfb). The village lies in the base of the Arra Mountains. The Newtown River rises near Tountinna and flows past the town and into Youghal Bay. The town is split between Pallas Beg and Monroe townlands. There are three housing estates in Newtown and the Arra Rovers FC is based here. There are two pubs and a post office.

Places of note

• Newtown Watermill is a watermill around 320m away from the main road.
• Church of the Holy Spirit is Newtown's main church with large stained glass windows.
• Youghal Quay is a small harbour to dock boats in Youghal.
• St Conlons Well is a holy well in Youghal near a small pond.^[citation needed]

Sport

• Burgess GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club.

External links

• Youghalarra National School

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements Newtown". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
2. "An Baile Nua/Newtown". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 31 December 2021.
3. Owney and Arra - one of 14 baronies in the old county, between Lower Ormond to the north (whose principal town is Cloghjordan) and Upper Ormond to the east (whose principal town is Nenagh).
4. Parishes of Killaloe Diocese. Archived 2010-02-27 at the Wayback Machine