[1] Archaeological evidence of ancient settlement in the area include several burnt mounds and ringforts in the neighbouring townlands of Ballyvelig, Tinnock, and Dunbrody.

During World War II, in which Ireland remained officially neutral, the German Luftwaffe bombed Campile.

[6] A total of four German bombs were dropped on the creamery and restaurant sections of Shelburne Co-op, and the railway line was also targeted.

Greater loss of life was narrowly avoided due to approximately fifty employees leaving the restaurant after the lunch time rush shortly before the bomb was dropped.

For example, sirens were installed in the village that would sound at the Shelburne Co-op any time a plane flew overhead for the duration of the war.

In an interview with RTÉ reporter Michael Ryan in 1990, the area manager of Waterford Cooperative Tom Connery claimed that upon hearing these sirens locals would "lay awake at night wondering if it was them again".

There is also a pharmacy, joinery, hardware store, filling station, take-away, soccer pitch, hair salon, community hall and two pubs.

The parish school is situated in Ballyfarnogue, adjacent to the Horeswood GAA complex, two miles from the village.