Rathgormack or Rathgormac[1] (Irish: Ráth Ó gCormaic, meaning 'Cormac's ringfort')[2] is a village and parish in northern County Waterford, Ireland.
Rathgormack
Ráth Ó gCormaic | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Hostel and hiking centre in Rathgormack | |
  Rathgormack Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52°18′20″N 7°29′46″W / 52.305451°N 7.496179°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Waterford |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Website | https://www.rathgormack.ie |
Amenities
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The village has a pub, a shop, a newly made all-weather pitch, a recreational park, a national school[3] and a Roman Catholic Church
Rathgormack made national headlines in 2021 when, to avoid the loss of the village's last pub,19 locals invested €12,000 each and formed a company to purchase it.[4]
Geography
editThe village is 27 km west of Waterford city. The closest centres of population to Rathgormack are the County Tipperary towns of Carrick-on-Suir (7 km to the north-east) and Clonmel. It is the twin parish of Clonea-Power.
The population of the area is around 1200. Farming and agriculture-related industries are the main sources of employment. Tourism is also important, with a hiking centre located in the village. It caters mainly for hikers to the nearby Comeragh Mountains. The town is overlooked by Cruachán Paorach.[5]
History
editIn 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, a District Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Gilbert Potter was executed by Dinny Lacey of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the banks of the River Clodagh, about 1 km south of the village.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Dáil Eireann - 28/May/1974 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Rathgormac (Waterford)". Debates.oireachtas.ie. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
- ^ "Ráth Ó gCormaic/Rathgormack". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 7 January 2022.
- ^ "Rathgormack National School". Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Waterford residents unite to save local pub". rte.ie. Retrieved 9 September 2021.
- ^ "Croughaun Hill [Cruachan Paorach]". www.hill-bagging.co.uk.
- ^ Abbott, Richard: Police Casualties in Ireland 1919–1922: Mercier Press: 2000: ISBN 1-85635-314-1pg 226