placenamesDonohill
Dún Eochaille
Medieval earthworks and a twentieth-century school reveal different layers of Donohill’s landscape.
The name
These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.
An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.
Recorded forms
- Dún Eochaille · Irish · main form · validated name
- Donohill · English · main form
Place & story
The medieval landscape
Donohill’s motte is identified in the Tipperary Town Heritage Audit as an Anglo-Norman earthwork of the twelfth or thirteenth century. The same inventory records the ruined church and graveyard nearby as potentially dating from at least the twelfth century. These are distinct surviving elements of a medieval settlement landscape. [2]
Garryshane National School
The school at Donohill represents a much later period of building. Constructed around 1960, it combines a tall main block with lower sections and a sheltered entrance. An arcade provides covered play space and incorporates a water tower. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage notes the school and neighbouring Catholic church as a group of local architectural interest. [3]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Population centre
- County
- Tipperary
- Barony
- Clanwilliam
- Barony
- Kilnamanagh Lower
- Coordinates
- 52.53836, -8.13266 (approximate)
- Logainm ID
- 1411769 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Donohill. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Tipperary Town Heritage Audit (2021),Appendix1,page56 · Abarta Heritage / Tipperary Town Revitalisation Task Force
- Garryshane National School,Donohill,record22205902 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2011-06-27. How this page was prepared.