County Tipperary
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| County Tipperary Contae Thiobraid Árann
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| Area: | 4,303 km² |
| County Town: | North: Nenagh South: Clonmel |
| Population: | 140,131 (2002) |
| Province: | Munster |
County Tipperary (Contae Thiobraid Árann in Irish) is a traditional county in the Republic of Ireland, in the province of Munster. Area: 4,303 km² (1,661 square miles).
Tipperary is known for its horse breeding (Coolmore Stud is the largest thoroughbred breeding operation in the world), its fertile agricultural land, and its hurling teams.
For all government administration purposes the county is divided into North Tipperary (county town: Nenagh) and South Tipperary (county town: Clonmel). This division dates back to the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, the county's two "ridings" having had separate assize courts for much longer. The use of riding for the divisions was a historical misnomer, since the word derives from the dividing of an area into three parts.
Towns and villages
- Cahir - An Chathair
- Carrick-on-Suir - Carraig na Siúire
- Cashel - Caiseal
- Clonmel - Cluain Meala
- Cloughjordan - Cloch Shuirdain
- Fethard - Fiodh Ard
- Kilkieran - Cill Chiaráin
- Nenagh - An tAonach
- Roscrea - Ros Cré
- Templemore - An Teampall Mór
- Thurles - Durlas
- Tipperary Town - Tiobraid Árann
Places of interest
- Athassel Priory
- Cahir Castle
- Glen of Aherlow
- Holy Cross Abbey
- Lough Derg
- Ormond Castle
- Redwood Castle (Castle Egan)
- Rock of Cashel
- Dromineer
See also
- Irish Vehicle Registration Plates
- Tipperary Hill, a neighbourhood in Syracuse, New York, United States, inhabited by many ancestors of County Tipperary.
| Image:St Patrick's saltire.png | Counties of Ireland | Image:Flag of provinces (Ireland).png | |
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| Connacht: Galway (~City) | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo | |||
| Munster: Clare | Cork (~City) | Kerry | Limerick (~City) | Tipperary (North~; South~) | Waterford (~City) | |||
| Leinster: Carlow | Dublin (~City; Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown; Fingal; South~) | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow | |||
| Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone * | |||
| * denotes counties in Northern Ireland (others are in the Republic of Ireland); italics denotes non-administrative counties; (parentheses) denotes non-traditional counties | |||
