Aglish
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Population
The population of the village almost doubled in size from 169 people as of the 2006 census, to 333 inhabitants by the 2016 census.[2] According to the 2016 census, approximately 50% of the homes in Aglish (72 of 137 responding private households) were built between 2001 and 2010.[3]
Location and access
Aglish lies Script error: No such module "convert". west of Dungarvan and Script error: No such module "convert". 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.
Religion
The village is home to a 19th-century Catholic church - Script error: No such module "Lang". being the Irish-language word for "church" - with a former ruined church cited by the Dungarvan Leader newspaper to have been "pre-invasion". Remnants of two former ruined churches are still to be found alongside each other in the centre of the village, surrounded by an old graveyard dating back to at least 1700.
Amenities
Local amenities include a national school, village hall, two sports pitches one connected to school, and one pubs (The village inn).
Sport
Geraldines GAA is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club, and fields hurling and Gaelic football teams.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Aglish also won three Waterford senior football titles in 1915, 1922 and 1923. Paddy O'Brien[4] is a singer from the area, who won Irish country music's Gold Star award in 1988.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". An annual vintage rally was run in the area from 1980 to 1996, and was revived again in 2008.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
See also
References
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External links
- Aglish National School (archived)
- Geraldines 2002 Glory (archived)