Rossmore, County Tipperary


Rossmore is a small village and townland in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Clonoulty and the historical barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It is located in the electoral division of Clonoulty West. Rossmore is also half of the Catholic parish of Clonoulty and Rossmore in the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.

Geography

Rossmore is administered by Tipperary County Council, and lies within the boundaries of Tipperary constituency for the purposes of Irish general elections.
It is almost equidistant from the three nearest towns. Cashel is 12 kilometres south-east, Thurles is approximately 13 kilometres north-east, and Tipperary Town is 14 kilometres south-west.
Rossmore may also refer to a slightly larger area which forms one half of the catchment of Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA club.
The usage of the term Rossmore in these instances encompasses a number of other townlands including Rossmore itself, plus Glenough, Turraheen, Knockbawn, Toragh, Doorish, Westonslot, Gorteenamoe, Drum, Drumwood, Tooreen, Coolanga, Clunedarby, Brockagh, Park, and Stouke.
The Multeen River, a tributary of the River Suir, flows by Rossmore village and continues downstream under Rossmore Bridge.

History

Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes ringfort and ring barrow sites in the townlands of Coolanga Lower and Glenough Lower. Rossmore Bridge, in Rossmore townland, was built.
Rossmore Mills represented the Irish woolen industry with 12 others at the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. The owner of the wool mills was John Daly and showcased frieze cloth for men's clothing and horse blankets. It comprised a tuck and carding mill by the bridge downstream from the beginning of its 950-metre mill race at Rossmore bridge on the Multeen River. It was on the estate of Rossmore House and next to a cricket pitch. The mills were improved by John Daly's son-in-law John Mulcahy of the Ardfinnan Woollen Mills but later became a creamery after 1891.

Amenities and sport

The village has a national (primary) school, a post office, a racquetball alley, a Roman Catholic church, and a pub. The local primary school, Rossmore National School, subsumed two other local primary schools following amalgamations over a number of years. As of 2023, Rossmore National School had an enrollment of 88 pupils. There is no secondary school in Rossmore, with bus services bringing pupils to Thurles or Cashel for second-level education.
The local community centre operates a "Broadband Connection Point" which acts as a remote working or study hub.
Hurling is a popular team sport in the area, and hurlers from Rossmore have represented Clonoulty–Rossmore GAA club and the Tipperary county hurling team at a number of age grades.