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Rathgormack

Village in County Waterford, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Rathgormack
native_name	Ráth Ó gCormaic
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	File:Hostel and Hiking Centre (geograph 1875034).jpg
image_caption	Hostel and hiking centre in Rathgormack
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pushpin_label_position	top
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Munster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Waterford
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
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coordinates
blank_name	Website
blank_info	https://www.rathgormack.ie

Rathgormack or Rathgormac () is a village and parish in northern County Waterford, Ireland.

Amenities

The village has a pub, a shop, a newly made all-weather pitch, a recreational park, a national school and a Roman Catholic Church

Rathgormack made national headlines in 2021 when, to avoid the loss of the village's last pub, 19 locals invested €12,000 each and formed a company to purchase it.

Geography

The village is 27 km west of Waterford city. The closest centres of population to Rathgormack are the County Tipperary towns of Carrick-on-Suir (7 km to the north-east) and Clonmel. It is the twin parish of Clonea-Power.

The population of the area is around 1200. Farming and agriculture-related industries are the main sources of employment. Tourism is also important, with a hiking centre located in the village. It caters mainly for hikers to the nearby Comeragh Mountains. The town is overlooked by Cruachán Paorach.

History

In 1921, during the Irish War of Independence, a District Inspector of the Royal Irish Constabulary, Gilbert Potter was executed by Dinny Lacey of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on the banks of the River Clodagh, about 1 km south of the village.

References

"Dáil Eireann - 28/May/1974 Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Rathgormac (Waterford)". Debates.oireachtas.ie.
"Ráth Ó gCormaic/Rathgormack".
"Rathgormack National School".
"Waterford residents unite to save local pub".
"Croughaun Hill [Cruachan Paorach]".
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