Aglish

Aglish (Irish: An Eaglais, meaning "the church") is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

This article is about the village in Waterford. For the place in County Tipperary, see Aglish, County Tipperary. For the civil parish in County Cork, see Aglish, County Cork.
Aglish

An Eaglais
Village
Thatched cottage near Aglish
Aglish
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°04′12″N 7°49′30″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyWaterford
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Total333
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceX121911

Population

The population of the village almost doubled in size from 169 people as of the 2006 census, to 333 inhabitants by the 2016 census.[2] According to the 2016 census, approximately 50% of the homes in Aglish (72 of 137 responding private households) were built between 2001 and 2010.[1]

Location and access

Aglish lies 16 km (10 mi) west of Dungarvan and 18 km (11 mi) north of Youghal, and is within the parish of Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart. Running through the village is the Geosh river, a tributary of the River Blackwater.

Religion

The village is home to a 19th-century Catholic church - Eaglais being the Irish-language word for "church" - with a former ruined church cited by the Dungarvan Leader newspaper to have been "pre-invasion". Remnants of two former ruined churches are still to be found alongside each other in the centre of the village, surrounded by an old graveyard dating back to at least 1700.

Amenities

Local amenities include a national school, village hall, post office, petrol station, two sports pitches, and two pubs.

Sport

Geraldines GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, and fields hurling and Gaelic football teams. Aglish also won three Waterford senior football titles in 1915, 1922 and 1923. Paddy O'Brien[3] is a singer from the area, who won Irish country music's Gold Star award in 1988. An annual vintage rally was run in the area from 1980 to 1996, and was revived again in 2008.

See also

References
  1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements Aglish". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. 2016.
  2. "Aglish (Ireland) Census Town". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. "Paddy O'Brien's Official Website". Paddyobrien.com. Retrieved 2012-08-31.
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