Littleton, County Tipperary

Littleton
Irish: An Baile Beag
Village
Main Street
Main Street
Littleton is located in Ireland
Littleton
Littleton
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 52°38′21″N 7°44′18″W / 52.6393°N 7.7382°W / 52.6393; -7.7382
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
CountyCounty Tipperary
Population394

Littleton (Irish: An Baile Beag) is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland.[2] It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about 18 km (11 mi) 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.[1] It is in the barony of Eliogarty.

Fingerpost in Littleton.
Baile Beag

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.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Sapmap Area: Settlements Littleton". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Littleton / An Baile Beag". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  3. ^ Bord na Mona website. Archived 2006-12-11 at the Wayback Machine

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