Ballyclerahan
Clerihan
Baile Uí Chléireacháin Ballyclerahan | |
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Village | |
Ryans of Clerihan public house | |
| Coordinates: 52°24′43″N 7°47′24″W / 52.412°N 7.790°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | Tipperary |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2016) | 862 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish grid reference | S142290 |
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Clerihan or Ballyclerahan (Irish: Baile Uí Chléireacháin, meaning 'the town of Ó Cléireacháin') is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is also a civil parish in the barony of Iffa and Offa East. It is approximately 8.5 kilometres north of Clonmel. Its name comes from the Irish meaning O'Clerahan's town. Locally, the "Bally" prefix is usually dropped and the village is almost always referred to simply as "Clerahan" which is most often spelled "Clerihan".