Donohill or Dunohil is a village and parish in the barony of Kilnamanagh Lower

Kilnamanagh Lower

Kilnamanagh Lower is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Dundrum...

, South Tipperary

South Tipperary

South Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the South-East Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 52% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...

, Ireland. The village is located on the R497 regional road

R497 road

The R497 road is a regional road in Ireland which runs north-south from Nenagh, County Tipperary to the N24 in Tipperary Town.The entire route is in County Tipperary and is long.-References:* – Department of Transport...

 from Nenagh

Nenagh

Nenagh is the county town of North Tipperary in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of North Tipperary and in 2011 it had a recorded population of 7,995. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Ormond Lower...

 to Tipperary

Tipperary

Tipperary is a town and a civil parish in South Tipperary in Ireland. Its population was 4,415 at the 2006 census. It is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly, and is in the historical barony of Clanwilliam....

 town. Donohill is located 8 kilometres north of Tipperary. the area is known for breeding Rough Collie

Rough Collie

The Rough Collie is a long coated breed of medium to large size dog that in its original form was a type of collie used and bred for herding in Scotland. Originating in the 1800's, it is now well known through the works of author Albert Payson Terhune, and through the Lassie novel, movies, and...

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History

According to the Topographical Dictionary of Ireland published by Samuel Lewis in 1837, the village had a population of 4308, today this has shrunk to almost one seventh of that to 631. There are ruins of an old church and houses near the village as well as Ballysheedy Castle which is located nearby.

Geography

Donohill is located in eastern Tipperary.

The land area of the Donohill civil parish is 12,812 statute acres, or 51.8 square kilometres. The village is located in the heart of the Golden Vale

Golden Vale

The Golden Vale is an area of rolling pastureland in the civil province of Munster, southwestern Ireland. Covering parts of three counties, Limerick, Tipperary and Cork, it is the best land in Ireland for dairy farming....

, the greatest land for dairy farming.

Sport

The local Gaelic club of Donohill is Éire Óg Annacarty GAA. The team has brought home West Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

Tipperary Senior Hurling Championship

The Tipperary Senior Hurling Club Championship is an annual club competition between the top Tipperary hurling clubs...

 title on 8 occasions.

People

• Dan Breen
  Dan Breen
  Daniel "Dan" Breen was a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and the Irish Civil War. In later years, he was a Fianna Fáil politician.-Background:...
  
   – Irish Republican Army
  Irish Republican Army
  The Irish Republican Army was an Irish republican revolutionary military organisation. It was descended from the Irish Volunteers, an organisation established on 25 November 1913 that staged the Easter Rising in April 1916...
  
   member, Fianna Fáil
  Fianna Fáil
  Fianna Fáil – The Republican Party , more commonly known as Fianna Fáil is a centrist political party in the Republic of Ireland, founded on 23 March 1926. Fianna Fáil's name is traditionally translated into English as Soldiers of Destiny, although a more accurate rendition would be Warriors of Fál...
  
   politician.
• Michael Patrick Ryan
  Michael Patrick Ryan
  Michael Patrick Ryan was an Irish-born Quebec businessman and political figure. He represented Montreal West in the 1st Canadian Parliament and Montreal Centre in the Canadian House of Commons from 1872 to 1874 and from 1879 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member.He was born in Pallis, Donohill,...
  
   – Irish born politician, member of the 1st Canadian Parliament
  1st Canadian Parliament
  The 1st Canadian Parliament was in session from November 6, 1867 until July 8, 1872. The membership was set by the 1867 federal election from August 7 to September 20, 1867, and it changed only somewhat due to resignations and by-elections until it was prorogued prior to the 1872 election.It was...
  
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• Seán Hogan
  Seán Hogan
  Seán Hogan was one of the leaders of the 3rd Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army during the War of Independence.-Soloheadbeg:...
  
   – Leader of 3rd Tipperary Brigade
  3rd Tipperary Brigade
  The 3rd Tipperary Brigade was one of approximately 80 such units that constituted the Irish Republican Army since the time of their formation from the Irish Volunteers, until after the Civil War...
  
   during the War of Independence
  Irish War of Independence
  The Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...
  
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