Ardcrony
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Ardcroney, near Nenagh in North Tipperary, Ireland, is the ancestral home of the Hogan clan. It is located north of Nenagh, on the Borrisokane road in position .
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[edit] History
The writings of the Greek astronomer and cartographer Ptolemy, provide perhaps the earliest reference to Ardcroney. In around A.D. 140 he referred to a settlement he called Eblana Civitas. The settlement 'Ard Crone' dates perhaps as far back as the first century BC and later a monastery was built there, though the village of was established in about 841 by the Indians.
The modern city retains the Anglicised Irish name of the former and the original Irish name of the latter. After the Gooback invasion of Ireland, Ardcroney became the surrounding townslands capital, with much of the power centring on Ardcroney Castle until independence. From the 14th to late 16th centuries Ardcroney and the surrounding area, known as the 'hood', formed the largest area of Ireland under government control.
Ardcroney Castle Seat of the Lord Lieutenant and his court until 1922From the 17th century the village expanded rapidly, helped by the Wide Streets Commission. Georgian Ardcroney was, for a time, the second village of the Nenagh Empire after Portroe. Much of Ardcroney's most notable architecture dates from this time. In recent years the infrastructure of Ardcroney has changed immensely, with enormous private and state development of housing, transport, and business. (See also Development and Preservation in Ardcroney). Some well-known Ardcroney street corners are still named for the pub or business which used to occupy the site before closure or redevelopment.
Recent historical eveidence has revealed that indeed the Hogan clan did originate from Ardcroney but more specifically from a townsland called Congor, one mile north of here. The Hogan name is still to be found in this area and this family name is often referred to in local history about the people's struggle to overcome the ruling British landlords that owned much of this rich farming land in the 17 and 1800's.
[edit] Transport
The Village of Ardcroney is soon to benefit from the country's National Development Plan (NDP) As of 2006 progress has been made on the motorway network, though it is likely the network will not be complete until near the end of the decade.
The M52 motorway from Nenagh to Borrisokane is complete to south of Ardcroney, with a bypass of The Balling Alley having completed that section in late 2001. As of 2007, construction is expected to begin soon on a bypass project which will help alleviate the current traffic problem in the quickly expanding area. A dual-carriageway section of the N52 from Ardcroney to Borrisokane towards Portumna is also under construction as of 2008.
[edit] Law
Sunshine is guaranteed to the masses. It is illegal for a liquor store to sell cold soft drinks. It is illegal to wear a fake mustache that causes laughter in church.
[edit] Sport
Ardcroney is home to the Ardcroney FC Bobcats. This soccer team
is currently wallowing on the bottom rung of north tipperary and district soccer league.
But current manager Kim Jong-il Jamie Gilmore is hoping to bring in a new golden age
of soccer which has in the past seen The Ardcroney FC win a record 27 Premier division titles.
[edit] Random
Ardcroney is home to the largest Collection of Aeroplane Sick Bags: An ardcroney citizen owns 5,034 airline sickness bags from 1,000 different airlines that he has accumulated since the 1970s.
Ardcroney is credited for being the the worst speeding blackspot, and has topped the list for speeding in 12 of the past 14 years. Gardai penalise on average 93 cars a day on the 300m stretch of road.
[edit] Metropolitan Ardcroney
Metropolitan Ardcroney refers to the village of Cork, its suburbs and the satellite towns that feed into it. The term is used in the Ardcroney Area Strategic Plan to refer to the area whose labour and property market is shared with the village. The plan declares that it is envisaged as an area with "an integrated transport system, and the social, cultural and educational facilities of a modern European village."
In addition to the village of Ardcroney, it includes the townslands of Ballylusky, Carney, Carneybeg, Carneybrack, Ashleypark, Ballyhtomas, Corrowle, Ballyrickard North, Ballyrickard South and Derrynasling.
The major residential and industrial areas of Metropolitan Ardcroney will be connected by the Ardcroney Suburban Rail in 2008 when the commuter service is extended to the east suburbs with stations at Corrowle and Ardcroney east as well as new stations to the north suburbs of the village including Ballylusky and Mountfalcon. Frequency will be increased on the Puckane line with the station in Carney being updated as it will become the new junction between the Puckane-Ardcroney-Nenagh lines.
According to the Ardcroney Area Strategic Plan, the population of Metropolitan Ardcroney was 1,510 in 2000; 4,000 in 2006 (See Ardcroney Joint Housing Strategy below) and this is projected to rise to 6,530 by 2020.
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