Emly

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Emly
Imleach Iubhair
Village
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Cross and Church of St Ailbe
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Emly
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°27′49″N8°21′02″W / 52.46358°N 8.35058°W / 52.46358; -8.35058
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County County Tipperary
Population
 (2016) [1]
302
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
  Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Emly or Emlybeg (Irish : Imleach Iubhair, meaning "Border of lake of yews ") is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Clanwilliam. It is also an Ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.

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The village is 14 km west of Tipperary town, on the R515 road which goes from Tipperary town to Abbeyfeale, County Limerick.

Emly had a population of 302 in 2016. [1]

History

Ancient times

The yew tree references the pre-Christian history of Emly. Emly is one of the oldest centres of Christianity in Ireland and pre-dates the coming to Ireland of the National Apostle, St. Patrick. Up until the early Middle Ages, Emly was the premier diocese in the south of Ireland. St. Ailbe is the patron saint of the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. Tradition tells us that he preached Christianity in Munster before the arrival of St. Patrick, and he is also associated with the founding of a monastery at Emly, which remained a Cathedral city until the 16th century. The Protestant cathedral functioned with a Chapter until the mid-19th century when it was dismantled and its materials sold for construction purposes.

The site of Emly was in ancient times known as Medón Mairtine, as it was the capital of an Érainn people called the Mairtine. After their apparent disappearance from the Irish landscape, the powerful Eóganachta were later found using the site for their chief church in early historical times.

St. Ailbe's church

The large Catholic St Ailbe's Church was built in the 1880s and replaced the older church (built early 19th century) which is now used as the village hall. [2]

Monastery

The parish, numbered 17,
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The parish, numbered 17,
within the Archdiocese

Emly was the site of a monastery founded by Saint Ailbe, [3] which became famous for its school.

Emly was established as an episcopal see in 1118 by the Synod of Ráth Breasail. In the Catholic Church, the diocese was merged in 1715 with the Archbishopric of Cashel, its former Metropolitan. The merged entity is today known as the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. In the Church of Ireland, the diocese, having formerly been united with Cashel, is now part of the United Dioceses of Limerick, Ardfert, Killaloe, Kilfenora, Clonfert, Kilmacduagh and Emly.

Annalistic references

See Annals of Inisfallen

Amenities and facilities

There is a shop on the main street of the village, with a smaller store (which also sells fuel) on the outskirts of the village on the Tipperary road. There are five licensed premises in the village, three of which have regular opening hours.[ citation needed ]

Emly GAA club is centrally located, with a large floodlit GAA pitch with a covered stand running its full length.[ citation needed ] It is near the National School.

Transport

Emly railway station opened on 1 January 1880 and closed on 9 September 1963. [4]

Community awards

In September 2009 the village won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition. In 2013, Emly came first in Ireland in the Energy Neighbourhoods competition. The community achieved a 37% reduction in home energy consumption.

People

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 "Census 2016 - Small Area Population Statistics (SAPMAP Area) - Settlements - Emly". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Archived from the original on 20 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  2. "The Parish". Emly Parish Homepage. Archived from the original on 11 September 2009. Retrieved 20 July 2009.
  3. D'Alton, John (1845). The history of Ireland ... to the year 1245, with notices of the barony of Boyle. p. 77. Retrieved 21 July 2009.
  4. "Emly station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 13 October 2007.
  5. 1 2 Emly GAA Club Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 2007-08-12.
  6. "Jim Mitchel". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2018.