Riverstown

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Riverstown

Coordinates53.08°, -7.92°

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

Overview

Riverstown is a small village straddling the border between Counties Tipperary and Offaly on the outskirts of Birr in Ireland. It is mostly within the townland of Ballyloughnane, on the Tipperary side of the river.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Lawrence Parsons, 4th Earl of Rosse

British astronomer (1840-1908)

Winston Dugan, 1st Baron Dugan of Victoria

British Army general (1876–1951)

Michael F. Farley

American politician (1863–1921)

Mundy

Irish singer-songwriter

Thomas Waters

architect, civil engineer

Olivia Mitchell

Irish Fine Gael politician

Barry Glendenning

Irish sports journalist

Bernadette O'Farrell

Irish actress

B

Brian Mullins

Irish hurler

Caitlín Brugha

Irish politician (1879-1959)

Charles Egerton

Army Officer (1848-1921)

D

Daithí Regan

Irish hurler

D

Darren Hanniffy

Irish hurler

D

Declan Pilkington

Irish hurler

Des Keogh

Irish actor

E

Eugene Coughlan

Irish hurler

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

Nearby places in Tipperary

• Ballingarry
  6.2 mi away
• Lorrha
  8.2 mi away
• Borrisokane
  10.4 mi away
• Cloughjordan
  10.8 mi away
• Terryglass
  11.8 mi away
• Ardcrony
  14.1 mi away
• Kilruane
  15.7 mi away
• Puckane
  16.7 mi away
• Dromineer
  18.3 mi away
• Ballycommon
  18.7 mi away
• Templemore
  20.3 mi away · pop. 1,943
• Garrykennedy
  21.5 mi away

Browse all places in Tipperary →

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

chicken of the woods

Laetiporus sulphureus

Seen 2026-09-19

Thirteen-spotted Lady Beetle

Hippodamia tredecimpunctata

Seen 2026-09-19

Marbled Carpet Moth

Dysstroma truncata

Seen 2026-09-17

mint rust

Puccinia menthae

Seen 2026-09-16

Phloeospora ulmi

Phloeospora ulmi

Seen 2026-09-13

bog asphodel

Narthecium ossifragum

Seen 2026-09-13

tufted vetch

Vicia cracca

Seen 2026-09-13

common bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Seen 2026-09-13

Himalayan honeysuckle

Leycesteria formosa

Seen 2026-09-12

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