Errill

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Errill is a village in southwest County Laois, Ireland, near the County Tipperary and County Kilkenny borders. It is 6 km west of Rathdowney and 12 km north-east of Templemore. The village is centred on a village green around which sits a shop with the local post office, two pubs and a Roman Catholic church. The local primary school and village hall are less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village near St Kieran's church and Errill cemetery. Páirc Eiréil belonging to Errill GAA club is also located less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the village.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Mavis Macnaughton

badminton player

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Robin Roe

Irish rugby union player (1928-2010)

B

Brian Campion

Irish hurler

Brian Stanley

Irish politician

C

Charles J. Dunphie

Irish writer

C

Chris Phelan

Australian rugby league footballer

C

Christy O'Brien

Irish hurler

Dermot Boyle

Marshal of the Royal Air Force (1904-1993)

H

Harry Gray

Irish hurler (1915–1978)

J

Jack Daly

Irish hurler

J

James Pearson

recipient of the Victoria Cross (1822–1900)

John Moyney

Irish soldier (1895–1980); recipient of the Victoria Cross

K

Kevin Cahill

author and journalist (born 1944)

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Tom Fogarty

Irish hurler

T

Tony Byrne

Irish footballer (1946-2016)

W

William Davin

Irish politician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Laois

• Rathdowney
  3.9 mi away
• Ballybrophy
  4.1 mi away
• Borris-in-Ossory
  5.8 mi away
• Cullahill
  8.9 mi away
• Ballycuddahy
  8.9 mi away
• Ballacolla
  9.8 mi away
• Castletown
  11.2 mi away
• Durrow
  11.8 mi away
• Mountrath
  12.9 mi away · pop. 2,070
• Attanagh
  13.9 mi away
• Abbeyleix
  14.3 mi away · pop. 1,897
• Raheen
  14.8 mi away

Browse all places in Laois →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

creeping thistle

Cirsium arvense

Seen 2026-09-08

Brimstone Moth

Opisthograptis luteolata

Seen 2026-08-26

Scorched Wing

Plagodis dolabraria

Seen 2026-08-13

Scorched Carpet

Ligdia adustata

Seen 2026-08-13

Bulrush Wainscot

Nonagria typhae

Seen 2026-08-12

Night-flying Dung Beetle

Acrossus rufipes

Seen 2026-08-06

Eurasian Hummingbird Hawkmoth

Macroglossum stellatarum

Seen 2026-07-28

Magpie Moth

Abraxas grossulariata

Seen 2026-07-24

Dock Bug

Coreus marginatus

Seen 2026-07-23

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).