Hollyford

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Hollyford Áth na Chuilleann
Location
Irish Grid Reference R922535
Statistics
Province:	Munster
County:	County Tipperary
Population (2002)	< 100

Hollyford (Áth na Chuilleann) is a small village in County Tipperary. It is situated in a valley running through the Slieve Felim Mountains in North Tipperary.

It lies on the R497 regional road which runs North/South for 55km through the Silvermines and Slieve Felim Mountains from Nenagh to Tipperary Town.

The only industry of any scale in the village is the sawmill (see pic). The surrounding hills are heavily forested on the less productive land with agriculture mainly on the better areas.

Hollyford was briefly a location of some copper mining, the mines were mainly worked between 1837-39, and again between 1848-1862. Ref:[1]

Part of the route Patrick Sarsfield took for his daring attack on the Williamite siege train during the Siege of Limerick (1690) is marked out today, as "Sarsfield's Ride", and is a popular walking and cycling route. It passes near the village of Hollyford.

The "O'Sullivan Beara Route" passes through the village of Hollyford. This route runs from Castletownbere, Co. Cork running 350km to Monagahan.

Hollyford is most famous for its residents currently attending 6th year in St. Fintan's C.B.S. in Doon, Co. Limerick. They are Ciarán Carey, Seamus Kelly and Michael Hanley. Ah boy, Hanley!