Redwood, County Tipperary

Redwood (Coillte Rua in Irish) is a townland[1] in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also an electoral district[2] in the Dáil constituency of Offaly having previously been part of the Tipperary North Dáil constituency.[3]

Location

Redwood townland is the most northern town land of North Tipperary and therefore of the province of Munster.[4] It lies between the townlands of Ballymacegan and Ballyea with the River Shannon separating it from County Galway.

Places of note
Redwood Castle County Tipperary

Redwood Castle, a restored Norman castle with a Sheela na Gig[5] is a protected structure (ref S329) on the North Tipperary list of protected structures.[6]

Redwood bog is a degraded raised bog it was acquired from Bord na Móna for conservation purposes and established as a nature reserve. It lies on the southern margin of the Little Brosna flood plain at its confluence with the Shannon. It forms part of the Little Brosna Callows Area of Scientific Interest, which is of international importance as a wildfowl habitat and as a classical example of a flood plain ecosystem. The reserve includes the last relatively intact bog dome on the flood plain margin as well as a dried out portion of another dome and an area of fen. The dome has raised bog flora and in the centre it retains quaking areas and numerous bog pools. It was established 1991 and is state owned. https://web.archive.org/web/20120518015814/http://www.npws.ie/naturereserves/tipperary/ [7] and a Special Area of Conservation.

Redwood church is listed as being a building of special architectural and social interest.[8] Built in 1853 it is a small well constructed single cell building built overlooking the Shannon Callows.

St. Ruadhan's Park, the Lorrha-Dorrha GAA grounds are located at Moatfield, Redwood.[9]

References
  1. "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  3. "Constituency Commission Report 2012 – Waterford – Tipperary – Laois – Offaly – Kildare area" (PDF). Constituency Commission. 14 July 2012.
  4. "Tipperary - National Parks & Wildlife Service". Npws.ie. Archived from the original on 18 May 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  5. "Ireland's Sheela na Gigs: Redwood". Irelands-sheelanagigs.org. Archived from the original on 12 May 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  6. http://www.tipperarynorth.ie/heritage/docs/Register%20of%20Protected%20Structures.pdf%5B%5D
  7. "S.I. No. 173/1991 — Nature Reserve (Redwood Bog) Establishment Order, 1991". Irishstatutebook.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  8. http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp? type=record&county=TN&regno=22400102
  9. "St. Ruadhan' Park - Lorrha-Dorrha". Lorrha-dorrha.tipperary.gaa.ie. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2013.


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