In an amended application, Kilkenny-based Ecopower Developments Ltd had applied to build eight wind turbines, with a height not exceeding 127m, at Ballymacarbry on the western fringe of the mountains. The site, on a forest ridge, is close to the ...
The Nire is a half-parish with Tourneena, while Fourmilewater is a half-parish with Newcastle, Co Tipperary but the parish also incorporates the tiny village of Ballymacarbry, which means there are three separate clubs within the six-mile parish radius.
1 After a six-year absence, the Ballymacarbry side were keen to make amends for previous disappointments. The Nire lifted the Conway Cup for the seventh time at a blustery Fraher Field as 18-year-old Conor Gleeson dazzled with five points from play.