Oxpark

 ( Townlands Of County Tipperary ) 

Oxpark () is a townland in the Barony of Ormond Lower, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located north of Main Street Cloughjordan.

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Historical structures Cloughjordan House is an historic private residence within Oxpark. The present house comprises a central two storey five bay section flanked by two gable fronted sections. The grounds contain the remains of a moat and farm buildings from the 19th and 20th centuries. A business consisting of a cookery school, wedding venue, event destination and B & B accommodation operates from here. Historical records of the walled plant nursery garden have been transferred to the archives of the National Botanic Gardens (Ireland).

A Irish sweathouse and fulacht fiadh were identified during excavations in 2006 prior to work commencing on development of the eco-village.http://www.excavations.ie/Pages/Details.php?Year=&County=Tipperary&id=16643

All that remains of Cloughjordan Fever hospital are a few stones accessed from the west side of the eco-village.

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Recent developments An A community amphitheatre, created within the eco-village was opened by Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland in April 2017.

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