placenamesCurraheen
An Curraichín
Reafadda’s mining history and Hollyford Bridge connect the wider Curraheen division with industry and local travel.
The name
A reliable full-name meaning has not been established here. The recorded Irish and English forms are given without an unsupported translation.
Recorded forms
- An Curraichín · Irish · main form · validated name
- Curraheen · English · main form
Place & story
The mine reconsidered in wartime
Hollyford’s copper mines returned to public discussion during the First World War. On 10 July 1917, MP John Hackett asked whether the government would obtain ore from them. The ministerial reply said they had last been worked in 1862 and had been inspected as far as their condition allowed. The Ministry of Munitions judged the prospects insufficient to justify the expense of reopening. [2]
Hollyford Bridge at Reafadda
Reafadda is part of the wider Curraheen electoral division. Hollyford Bridge crosses the Multeen there on a single segmental arch, dated by the architectural inventory to about 1820. Its limestone parapets and coping accompany more carefully cut stones around the arch. The crossing is a separate survival from the district’s mine workings, preserving the stone construction of a local road link. [3] [4]
Geographic information
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Curraheen. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Hollyford Copper Mines (County Tipperary), HC Deb 10 July 1917, volume 95, column 1746 · UK Parliament, Historic Hansard
- Hollyford Bridge, Reafadda, 22204502 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
- Curraheen electoral division: constituent townlands · Townlands.ie / OpenStreetMap contributors
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.