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Riverstown (near Birr)

Village in Offaly/Tipperary, Ireland

Field	Value
name	Riverstown
native_name	Baile Uí Lachnáin
native_name_lang	ga
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Riverstown, Birr - geograph.org.uk - 1814341.jpg
image_caption	The bridge at Riverstown on the Little Brosna
pushpin_map	Ireland
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 Tipperary
unit_pref	Metric
population_density_km2	auto
timezone1	WET
utc_offset1	+0
timezone1_DST	IST (WEST)
utc_offset1_DST	-1
coordinates

Riverstown () is a small village straddling the border between Counties Tipperary and Offaly on the outskirts of Birr in Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane, on the Tipperary side of the river.

Riverstown lies at the point where the N52 road crosses the Little Brosna River, a tributary of the River Shannon, by a 300-year-old five-arch bridge, the Little Brosna here forming the border between the two counties. The bridge was described in the Civil Survey of 1654-6 as the 'old bridge of Beallanadarragh'.

Buildings of note

Castle View House (1810–30) is a detached two-storey over basement home with three bays. It is listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as being of architectural interest.

A terrace of eight two-storey mill worker houses was built around 1800 to accommodate workers from Riverstown flour mill. This is presently configured as four homes.

Rivertown House is a detached two-storey house dating from c. 1775. It retains many of its original features, lime render, small-pane sash windows and cut-stone door surround. It is listed as being protected by Tipperary County Council (ref S335).

Riverstown Bridge is listed as being protected by Tipperary County Council (ref S336).

The road bridge (built c. 1820) which carries the N52 over the long disused Birr to Portumna railway line is listed on the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage as being of Architectural Historical Social and Technical interest.

The Farmleigh residential development in Riverstown has been classified as an unfinished estate and is therefore exempt from the household charge.

Fishery

Fishing is possible on the Little Brosna River upstream of the bridge at Riverstown for 9 km as far as Sharavogue,

Notable people

Thomas Hackett, recipient of the Victoria Cross

References

[http://www.logainm.ie/67258.aspx Riverstown]. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved: 2010-10-15.
[http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/sites/default/files/Riverstown%20Settlement%20Plan.pdf Riverstown Settlement Plan]
"Archaeological Survey Database SMR No TN005-035". National Monuments Service.
"Castle View, BALLYLOUGHNANE, Riverstown, TIPPERARY NORTH".
"BALLYLOUGHNANE, Riverstown, TIPPERARY NORTH".
"Riverstown House, BALLYLOUGHNANE, Riverstown, TIPPERARY NORTH".
(2010). "NTCC Register of Protected Structures". [[North Tipperary County Council]].
"Riverstown Bridge, BALLYLOUGHNANE, Riverstown, TIPPERARY NORTH".
"Ballyloughnane, Tipperary North".
(30 January 2012). "43 Unfinished Housing Estates in Tipperary exempt from €100 Housing Charge".
Pocket Guide The Little Brosna & Camcor Rivers, The Shannon Regional Fisheries Board

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