Sopwell, County Tipperary
52°59′27.204″N 8°2′43.879″W / 52.99089000°N 8.04552194°WSopwell (Coill na Lathach in Irish) is a townland in the historical Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland.[1]
Location
[edit]Sopwell is located east of the N52 road between Ballingarry, North Tipperary and Borrisokane.
Places of note
[edit]Sopwell Hall a seven bay private house built around 1745. The house, outbuildings, stewart's house and gate lodges are listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as being of special interest.[2][3][4]
The former Sopwell National school built in the 1820s of limestone has been listed as being of architectural, artistic and social interest.[5] It is also listed as a protected structure by Tipperary County Council (RPS Refs S367).[6]
Sopwell woods are a part of the scattered Borrisokane Forest managed by Coillte. Coillte supports a local community initiative to improve recreation facilities in Sopwell woods[7]
Part of Scohaboy Bog, a raised bog with Natural Heritage Area protection, is located within the townland.
References
[edit]- ^ "Bunachar Logainmneacha na hÉireann - Placenames Database of Ireland". logainm.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Sopwell Hall, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Sopwell Hall, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Sopwell Hall, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Sopwell National School, Tipperary North: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage". Buildingsofireland.ie. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Final RPS List 2010 less one photo - NTCC Register of Protected Structures" (PDF). tipperarycoco.ie. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ "Coillte: Tipperary". Coillte.ie. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
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