Grangemockler
Grangemockler is a village, civil parish and townland in southeastern County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located southwest of Ninemilehouse on the N76 national secondary road. As of the 2011 census, Grangemockler townland had a population of 193 people.
Grangemockler likely gets its name from the Norman Irish family Mockler. Carrigmoclear Hill, a foothill of Slievenamon approximately northwest of the village, was the site of a battle during the 1798 Rebellion. The local Roman Catholic church is dedicated to Saint Mary and was built.
Grangemockler is the home of Grangemockler/Ballyneale GAA club.
People
- Michael Browne, cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church
- Pádraig de Brún, clergyman, mathematician, academic and president of University College Galway
- Daniel Hogan, Irish General who fought in the Irish War of Independence and Irish Civil War
- Michael Hogan, Gaelic footballer killed in the Croke Park massacre