New Birmingham

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New Birmingham
Irish: Gleann an Ghuail
County Tipperary
Location
Grid reference: S245519
Location: 52°37’5"N, 7°38’16"W
Data
Population: 481  (2006)
Post town: Thurles
Postcode: E41
Local Government
Council: Tipperary
Dáil
constituency:
Tipperary South

New Birmingham is a small village in the South Riding of County Tipperary. It is located approximately ten miles from Thurles and also on the R689 regional road between Urlingford and Fethard. It is within the townland of Glengoole (from the Irish: Gleann an Ghuail, meaning "glen of the coal"),[1] and is in the barony of Slievardagh.

References

  1. Placenames Database of Ireland

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