Rossmore, County Tipperary
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Rossmore An Ros Mór
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 Rossmore
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| Coordinates: 52°37′12″N 8°00′07″W / 52.62000°N 8.00194°WCoordinates: 52°37′12″N 8°00′07″W / 52.62000°N 8.00194°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Munster |
| County | County Tipperary |
| Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | R994518 |
Rossmore (Irish: An Ros Mór, meaning "The Big Wood") is a small village and townland in County Tipperary in Ireland. It is in the civil parish of Clonoulty, barony of Kilnamanagh Lower. It is located in the District Electoral Division (DED) of Clonoulty West. It is also half of the Clonoulty and Rossmore parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
Rossmore is administered by Tipperary County Council, and lies within the boundaries of Tipperary North (Dáil Éireann constituency) for the purposes of Irish general elections.
Rossmore is almost equidistant from the three nearest towns. Cashel is 12 kilometres south-east, Thurles is 13 kilometres north-east, and Tipperary Town is 14 kilometres south-west. The nearest railway station is Thurles railway station, which has frequent and direct connections to Ireland's three largest cities: Dublin, Cork, and Limerick.
Rossmore may also refer to a slightly larger area which forms one half of the Clonoulty-Rossmore GAA club. The usage of the term Rossmore in these instances encomapasses a number of other townlands including Rossmore itself, plus Glenough, Turraheen, Knockbawn, Toragh, Doorish, Westonslot, Gorteenamoe, Drum, Drumwood, Tooreen, Coolanga, Clunedarby, Brockagh, Park, and Stouke.
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