Garranlea

Garranlea

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[[File:Garranlea vista cropped.JPG|thumb|left|Garranlea countryside]]
[[File:Garranlea vista cropped.JPG|thumb|left|Garranlea countryside]]
'''Garranlea''' ({{Irish place name|Carn Léith}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/47712 | title = Carn Léith/Garranlea | work = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] | access-date = 16 May 2025}} is a [[townland]] in the [[Roman Catholic]] [[parish]] of "[[New Inn, County Tipperary|New Inn]] and Knockgraffon" in [[County Tipperary]], Ireland. It is in the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of Knockgraffon. Like many Irish townlands, Garranlea is very old, and almost certainly dates to the Early [[History of Ireland|Christian period]], if not before. It was documented in the 1659 [[Down Survey]] undertaken by [[William Petty]], and had at that time a [[population]] of twelve.{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip/Records/MidlethirdBarony1659.htm |title=MidlethirdBarony, Co. Tipperary, Pender's 1659 Census |access-date=2007-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017043755/http://rootsweb.com/~irltip/Records/MidlethirdBarony1659.htm |archive-date=2007-10-17 }}
'''Garranlea''' ({{Irish place name|Carn Léith}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/47712 | title = Carn Léith/Garranlea | work = [[Placenames Database of Ireland]] | access-date = 16 May 2025}} is a [[townland]] in the [[Roman Catholic]] [[parish]] of "[[New Inn, County Tipperary|New Inn]] and Knockgraffon" in [[County Tipperary]], Ireland. It is in the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of Knockgraffon. Like many Irish townlands, Garranlea is very old, and almost certainly dates to the Early [[History of Ireland|Christian period]], if not before. It was documented in the 1659 [[Down Survey]] undertaken by [[William Petty]], and had at that time a population of twelve.{{cite web |url=http://www.rootsweb.com/~irltip/Records/MidlethirdBarony1659.htm |title=MidlethirdBarony, Co. Tipperary, Pender's 1659 Census |access-date=2007-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071017043755/http://rootsweb.com/~irltip/Records/MidlethirdBarony1659.htm |archive-date=2007-10-17 }}


Today Garranlea is almost exclusively an agricultural area, covering approximately 500 hectares. Dairy and sheep farming are the principal activities. Garranlea House was the residence of the Cooneys, a Catholic landowning family prominent in the area during the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.{{fact|date=September 2021}}
Today Garranlea is almost exclusively an agricultural area, covering approximately 500 hectares. Dairy and sheep farming are the principal activities. Garranlea House was the residence of the Cooneys, a Catholic landowning family prominent in the area during the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century.{{fact|date=September 2021}}