Ali was in Bansha for this week’s Village Tour…
Bansha is part of the parish of “Bansha and Kilmoyler” in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly.
Bansha is located on the National Primary Route (N24) linking the cities of Limerick and Waterford and is eight kilometres south-east of Tipperary Town and thirteen kilometres north-west of Cahir.
One of its most famous sons is Diarmuid Ó Ríain (Darby Ryan) who was born at Ashgrove, Bansha, in 1777 and was a poet and patriot.
His compositions include The Peeler and the Goat, a ballad or satire which was popularly sung across Ireland and was taken worldwide by emigrants.
Copies of his Tipperary Minstrelsy are to be found in the British Museum and at the Royal Irish Academy. Ryan died in 1855 and is buried in the old graveyard in Bansha.
