Rathgormack Explained

Rathgormack
Native Name:Irish: Ráth Ó gCormaic
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:top
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Munster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Waterford
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:WET
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:52.3055°N -7.4962°W
Blank Name:Website
Blank Info:https://www.rathgormack.ie

Rathgormack or Rathgormac[1] [2] is a village and parish in northern County Waterford, Ireland.

Amenities

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

The 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

In 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dáil Eireann - 28/May/1974 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Rathgormac (Waterford) . Debates.oireachtas.ie . 2012-08-31.
  2. Web site: Ráth Ó gCormaic/Rathgormack . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 7 January 2022.
  3. Web site: Rathgormack National School. 19 January 2015.
  4. Web site: Waterford residents unite to save local pub . rte.ie . 9 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Croughaun Hill [Cruachan Paorach]]. www.hill-bagging.co.uk.
  6. Abbott, Richard: Police Casualties in Ireland 1919–1922: Mercier Press: 2000: pg 226