Grangemockler
Place in Munster, Ireland
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Grangemockler (Irish: Gráinseach Mhóicléir)[1] is a village, civil parish and townland in southeastern County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest of Ninemilehouse on the N76 national secondary road. As of the 2011 census, Grangemockler townland had a population of 193 people.[2]
Grangemockler
Gráinseach Mhóicléir | |
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Saint Mary's RC Church, Grangemockler | |
  Grangemockler Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 52.4453°N 7.4693°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Tipperary |
| Irish grid reference | S361328 |
Grangemockler likely gets its name from the Norman Irish family Mockler.[citation needed] Carrigmoclear Hill, a foothill of Slievenamon approximately 3 km (1.9 mi) northwest of the village, was the site of a battle during the 1798 Rebellion.[3][4] The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built c. 1880.[5]
Grangemockler is the home of Grangemockler/Ballyneale GAA club.
People
- Michael Browne (1887–1971), cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church[6]
- Pádraig de Brún (1889–1960), clergyman, mathematician, academic and president of University College Galway[7]
- Daniel Hogan (1895-1940), Irish General who fought in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War[8]
- Michael Hogan (1896–1920), Gaelic footballer killed in the Croke Park massacre[9]