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Curraheen

An Curraichín

The original census and a county final programme document different generations associated with this Tipperary townland.

Recorded locationCurraheen52.80021° N · 7.96997° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Recorded place location · Logainm.ie

The name

A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.

Recorded forms

  • An Curraichín · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Curraheen · English · main form

Place & story

Twelve houses in 1911

The original 1911 census recorded fifty-seven inhabitants in Curraheen, twenty-nine male and twenty-eight female. All twelve houses were occupied. Its population had been eighty-four in 1891 and sixty-nine in 1901. The table places the townland in Aghnameadle parish and electoral division, Ormond Upper barony and Nenagh Union, and records 333 acres, two roods and twenty-five perches. [2]

People & connections

Tommy Dunne in the county programme

The 2017 Tipperary senior hurling final programme identifies Tommy Dunne with Curraheen. Its Toomevara player profile records an All-Ireland under-twenty-one title in 1995 and his captaincy of Tipperary’s senior All-Ireland-winning team in 2001. It also records three All-Star awards and his selection as Texaco Hurler of the Year in 2001. The association is with the locality named in the programme; it does not establish a particular birthplace or house. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Townland
County
Tipperary
Civil parish
Aghnameadle
Coordinates
52.80021, -7.96997
Mapped area
1.35 km²
Logainm ID
46142 ↗

People & family history

Census figures refer to the matched historical census area for each year. Boundaries and spellings can change over time.

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Curraheen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Census of Ireland1911: County Tipperary, printed p57 · His Majesty’s Stationery Office; printed by A. Thom & Company, Dublin, 1912
  3. Tipperary Water County Senior Hurling Championship Final programme,8October2017: Toomevara player profiles, printed p64 · Tipperary GAA
  4. Boundary geometry retains its source attribution and licence in the downloadable geographic record. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.