Aglish

For the place in County Cork, see Aglish, County Cork.
Aglish
An Eaglais
Town
Aglish

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 52°04′12″N 7°49′30″W / 52.070°N 7.825°W / 52.070; -7.825Coordinates: 52°04′12″N 7°49′30″W / 52.070°N 7.825°W / 52.070; -7.825
Country Ireland
Province Munster
County Waterford
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference X121911
Website www.waterfordcoco.ie/council

Aglish (Irish: An Eaglais, meaning "the church") is a village in west County Waterford, Ireland.

The village has traditionally had a population of less than 300, but Ireland's recent building boom has seen the population almost double since the turn of the millennium. Aglish lies 16 km (10 mi) west of Dungarvan and 18 km (11 mi) north of Youghal, and is within the parish of Aglish, Ballinameela and Mount Stuart. Running through the village is the Geosh river, a tributary of the River Blackwater.

The village is home to a 19th-century Catholic church, from which it gets its name - Eaglais being the Irish-language word for "church" - with a former ruined church cited by the Dungarvan Leader newspaper to have been "pre-invasion". Local amenities include a national school, village hall, post office, petrol station, two sports pitches, and two pubs.

Sport

Sporting success has come through the Geraldines hurling and football teams, while local showjumper Tholm Keane has enjoyed success on the domestic Irish scene. Aglish also won three Waterford senior football titles in 1915, 1922 and 1923. Paddy O'Brien[1] is a nationally renowned singer from the area, who won Irish country music's Gold Star award in 1988. An annual vintage rally gained the village extra attention during its run from 1980 to 1996, and was revived in 2008.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Paddy O'Brien's Official Website". Paddyobrien.com. Retrieved 2012-08-31.

References

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