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Rhode, County Offaly

Village in County Offaly, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Rhode
native_name	Ród
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	IMG Rhode884c.jpg
image_caption	Rhode, approaching from the North on the R400
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Leinster
subdivision_type3	County
subdivision_name3	County Offaly
unit_pref	Metric
population_as_of	2016
population_footnotes
population_total	811
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	+1
coordinates
blank_name	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info
postal_code_type	Eircode routing key
postal_code	R35

Rhode () is a village in County Offaly, Ireland. It is situated on the R400 at its junction with the R441 which leads to Edenderry, 12 km to the east. Rhode village is on an "island" of high ground surrounded by an expanse of raised bog which forms part of the Bog of Allen.

History

The Grand Canal, which was completed in the early 1800s, lies just south of the village, where it is crossed by Rhode Bridge (built c.1797). Several of the village's larger buildings, including Saint Peter's Roman Catholic church (original built 1816), date to the early 19th century.

The modern village of Rhode expanded around a peat-burning power plant operated by the Electricity Supply Board which was supplied with milled peat by Bord na Móna. The plant was shut down in 2003 and its cooling towers were demolished in March 2004, removing a highly visible landmark.

Amenities

Rhode National School, ''Scoil Mhuire Naofa''

The local national (primary) school, Scoil Mhuire Naofa, opened in 1959. As of 2020, the school had over 150 pupils enrolled. The local GAA team, Rhode GAA, has won the most Offaly Senior Football Championship titles of any club in the county. The village has three pubs, two takeaways, two shops, a filling station, several hairdressers and a pharmacy. In the centre of the village is a playground and park.

People

John Dunne (1846–1916), an Australian Roman Catholic priest and bishop.
William Fletcher (1750–1823), High Court judge

References

(April 2016). "Sapmap Area - Settlements - Rhode". Central Statistics Office.
"Ród / Rhode (see archival records)". Placenames Database of Ireland.
(October 2014). "Offaly County Development Plan 2014–2020". Offaly County Council.
"Rhode Bridge, County Offaly". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
"Saint Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Rhode, County Offaly". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage.
(16 March 2004). "Co Offaly power station towers demolished". Irish Times.
"About Us - History". Rhode National School.
"S N Mhuire Naofa, Rhode National School". Department of Education.
(2 December 2019). "Former Portlaoise manager takes job with top Offaly club". Laois Today.
"Dunne, John (1846–1916)". National Centre of Biography, [[Australian National University]].

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