Littleton, County Tipperary

{{short description|Village in County Tipperary, Ireland}}

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|name = Littleton

|native_name = {{Irish place name|An Baile Beag}}

|native_name_lang = ga

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = IMGLittleton 4747.jpg

|image_caption = Main Street

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|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

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|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_as_of = 2016

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | url = https://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=48EF8883-DB9A-4DC0-AF45-7D8A421D7692 | title = Sapmap Area: Settlements Littleton | work = Census 2016 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | access-date = 31 December 2021}}

|population = 394

|population_density_km2 = auto

|coordinates = {{coord|52.6393|N|7.7382|W|dim:5000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Littleton ({{Irish place name|An Baile Beag}}) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/47155.aspx |website=logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland|title=Littleton / An Baile Beag |access-date=21 March 2024 }} It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about {{convert|18|km|mi|abbr=on}} northeast of Cashel and to the southeast of Thurles. By-passed by the M8 in December 2008, Littleton lies at a crossroads on the R639 road. Its population was 394 at the 2016 census. It is in the barony of Eliogarty.

File:IMGLittleton 4744w.jpg

File:IMGBaileBeag 4748w.jpg

Littleton is closely associated with Bord na Móna, a semi-state company that harvests peat in the nearby complex of raised bogs. Littleton is also home to the 'Moycarkey Band', the Seán Treacy Pipe Band.[http://www.bnm.ie/downloads/raised_bogs.pdf Bord na Mona website.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061211210855/http://www.bnm.ie/downloads/raised_bogs.pdf |date=2006-12-11 }}