Boherlahan
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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Boherlahan
|native_name = An Bóthar Leathan
|settlement_type = Village
|image_skyline = Castles of Munster, Synone, Tipperary - geograph.org.uk - 1542208.jpg
|image_caption = Synone Castle lies approximately 1.5km to the east of Boherlahan
|pushpin_map = Ireland
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = Ireland
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Munster
|subdivision_type2 = County
|subdivision_name2 = Tipperary
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|unit_pref = Metric
|population_as_of = 2022
|population = 171
|coordinates = {{coord|52.5722|N|7.8937|W|dim:100000_region:IE|display=inline,title}}
|blank_name = Irish grid reference
|blank_info = {{iem4ibx|S072467}}
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Boherlahan ({{Irish place name|An Bóthar Leathan}}){{cite web|url =https://www.logainm.ie/67170.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = An Bóthar Leathan / Boherlahan | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} is a small village and census town in County Tipperary, Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/tipperary/1007__boherlahan/ | website = citypopulation.de | title = Boherlahan (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} It lies on the R660 regional road between Cashel and Holycross. Boherlahan was designated as a census town by the Central Statistics Office for the first time in the 2016 census,{{cite web|url = https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp2tc/cp2pdm/bgn/ | publisher = Central Statistics Office | website = cso.ie | title = Census of Population 2016 - Profile 2 Population Distribution and Movement | accessdate = 26 June 2021 | quote = 26 new census towns were created for the 2016 Census [..including..] Boherlahan }} at which time it had a population of 299 people.{{cite web|url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=04EF0DDA-1F17-40CF-BEC5-21FF4D2370C4 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | work = Census 2016 | title =Sapmap Area - Settlements - Boherlahan | date = April 2016 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210822010855/https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=04EF0DDA-1F17-40CF-BEC5-21FF4D2370C4 | archivedate = 22 August 2021 }}
History
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ring fort, holy well, bawn and tower house (castle) sites in the surrounding townlands of Nodstown, Ardmayle East and Synone.{{cite book | title = Record of Monuments and Places - County Tipperary (South Riding) | publisher = National Monuments and Historic Properties Service | place = Dublin | date = 1997 }}
Charles Bianconi (1786–1875), entrepreneur and developer of coach services in Ireland, lived at Longfield House near Boherlahan,{{cite web|url = http://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/environment-geography/transport/bianconi/family/longfield-house/ | website = askaboutireland.ie | title = Longfield House | date = | accessdate = 22 August 2021 }} and commissioned an Italianate-style memorial chapel in the village cemetery.{{cite web|url = http://www.turtlebunbury.com/history/history_heroes/hist_hero_bianconi.html| website = turtlebunbury.com | title = Charles Bianconi (1786-1875) – The Man Who Put Ireland On Wheels | date = | accessdate = 22 August 2021 | quote = [Bianconi] was buried in the family vault of the Mortuary Chapel which he had built at Boherlahan }}{{cite web|url =https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22205305/bianconi-mortuary-chapel-ardmayle-east-co-tipperary-south | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Bianconi Mortuary Chapel, Ardmayle East, Tipperary South | accessdate =22 August 2021 }} The local Roman Catholic church, alongside the cemetery, was built in 1964 on the site of an earlier 19th century church.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22205304/saints-peter-and-pauls-catholic-church-nodstown-boherlahan-tipperary-south| publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = Saints Peter And Paul's Catholic Church, Nodstown, Boherlahan, Tipperary South | accessdate =22 August 2021 }}
Amenities
The national (primary) school in the village, Saint Isidore's National School, had an enrollment of approximately 100 pupils as of 2017.{{cite web|url = https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Whole-School-Evaluation-Reports-List/02670I_WSEMLLP_5796_20170921.pdf | publisher = Department of Education | website = education.ie | title =Whole School Evaluation Management, Leadership and Learning Report - Scoil San Isadóir, Bothar Leathan, Cashel, Co Tipperary | date = 20 September 2017 | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20210822013442/https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Inspection-Reports-Publications/Whole-School-Evaluation-Reports-List/02670I_WSEMLLP_5796_20170921.pdf | archivedate = 22 August 2021 }}
The local Gaelic Athletic Association club is Boherlahan–Dualla GAA.{{cite web|url = http://boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie/ | website = boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie| title = Boherlahan/Dualla GAA Club | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20111228204927/http://boherlahandualla.tipperary.gaa.ie/ | archivedate = 28 December 2011 }}
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