Hollyford
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| Hollyford Áth an Chuillinn |
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| Irish grid reference R922535 |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| County: | County Tipperary | |
| Population (2002) | < 100 | |
Hollyford (Irish: Áth an Chuillinn) is a small village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is situated in a valley running through the Slieve Felim Mountains in North Tipperary.
It lies on the R497 regional road which runs North/South for 55km through the Silvermines and Slieve Felim Mountains from Nenagh to Tipperary Town.
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[edit] Industry
The only industry of any scale in the village today is the sawmill (see thumbnail). The surrounding hills are heavily forested on the less productive land with agriculture mainly on the better areas.
Hollyford was briefly a location of some copper mining, the mines were mainly worked between 1837-39, and again between 1848-1862. Ref:[1]
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Part of the route Patrick Sarsfield took for his daring attack on the Williamite siege train during the Siege of Limerick (1690) is marked out today, as "Sarsfield's Ride", and is a popular walking and cycling route. It passes near the village of Hollyford.
The "O'Sullivan Beara Route" passes through the village of Hollyford. This route runs from Castletownbere, County Cork running 350 km (217 mi) to Monaghan.
During the War of Independence on May 11 1920, the IRA attacked the RIC barracks at Hollyford. [2]
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