Templemore
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| Templemore An Teampeall Mór |
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| Irish Grid Reference S104720 |
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| Province: | Munster | |
| County: | County Tipperary | |
| Population (2006) | 2,255 | |
| Website: www.templemore.ie | ||
Templemore (An Teampall Mór, meaning The Big Church, in Irish) is a town in County Tipperary in Ireland. Since February 1964, the town has been the site of the Garda Síochána College, the centre for training Ireland's police force. Templemore is on the Dublin — Cork Railway Line operated by Iarnród Éireann.
The town is situated in the administrative county of North Tipperary and is on the N62 National route which joins Athlone with Thurles and the N8 road. The market square with its Town Hall in the centre of the town is reputed locally to be the widest in either Ireland or Britain , and backs on to an extensive wooded Town Park and lake. The town and park were built originally by Sir John Carden, a 19th century landlord.
The local secondary school is Our Lady's Secondary School
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club J.K. Brackens GAA and is named after Joseph Kevin Bracken, one of the founders of the GAA, who came from the town. His son, Brendan Bracken, who was a member of Winston Churchill's government during World War II, was born in Templemore.
The local soccer/association football club is Blackcastle United FC. The club is named after the Black Castle which is located in Templemore Town Park.
There is a golf course located at close to the Garda Síochána College just off the Thurles road, which is a nine hole course. Lakeside Pitch-and-Putt club is located beside the lake in the Town Park. It is affiliated to the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland.
The local area is quite scenic and there are expansive views from the Devil's Bit mountain close by.
In 1920 buildings were burnt down by Crown Forces or Black and Tans. The town was the site of the so-called Templemore miracles in the 1920s, when a holy statue started to bleed. This caused Templemore to be a pilgrim town for a short time. Dan Breen - a famous Tipperary IRA freedom fighter, and later a Fianna Fáil TD for Tipperary - said he always knew these 'miracles' to have been a nonsense but they did attract many sincere pilgrims at the time.
Near the town is the historic Loughmoe Castle at the nearby village of Loughmore.
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