County Tipperary
County Tipperary
Contae Thiobraid Árann | ||
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Eircode routing keys E21, E25, E32, E34, E41, E45, E53, E91 (primarily) | ||
Telephone area codes | 051, 0504, 0505, 052, 062, 067 (primarily) | |
Vehicle index mark code | T | |
Website | Official website | |
County Tipperary (
Tipperary County Council is the local authority for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two ridings, North and South. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own county councils. They were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections on 3 June 2014.[4]
Geography
Tipperary is the sixth-largest of the 32 counties by area and the 12th largest by population.[5] It is the third-largest of Munster's six counties by both size and population. It is also the largest landlocked county in Ireland.
Tipperary is bounded (clockwise) by counties Offaly, Laois, Kilkenny, Waterford, Cork, Limerick, Clare and Galway. Its eight neighbours are the most of any county on the island.
The region is part of the central plain of Ireland, but the diverse terrain contains several mountain ranges: the
The
Baronies
There are 12 historic baronies in County Tipperary: Clanwilliam, Eliogarty, Iffa and Offa East, Iffa and Offa West, Ikerrin, Kilnamanagh Lower, Kilnamanagh Upper, Middle Third, Ormond Lower, Ormond Upper, Owney and Arra and Slievardagh.
Civil parishes and townlands
Parishes were delineated after the
Largest towns
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1600 | 23,454 | — |
1610 | 25,667 | +9.4% |
1653 | 31,597 | +23.1% |
1659 | 26,684 | −15.5% |
1821 | 346,896 | +1200.0% |
1831 | 402,563 | +16.0% |
1841 | 435,553 | +8.2% |
1851 | 331,567 | −23.9% |
1861 | 249,106 | −24.9% |
1871 | 216,713 | −13.0% |
1881 | 199,612 | −7.9% |
1891 | 173,188 | −13.2% |
1901 | 160,232 | −7.5% |
1911 | 152,433 | −4.9% |
1926 | 141,015 | −7.5% |
1936 | 137,835 | −2.3% |
1946 | 136,014 | −1.3% |
1951 | 133,313 | −2.0% |
1956 | 129,415 | −2.9% |
1961 | 123,822 | −4.3% |
1966 | 122,812 | −0.8% |
1971 | 123,565 | +0.6% |
1979 | 133,741 | +8.2% |
1981 | 135,261 | +1.1% |
1986 | 136,619 | +1.0% |
1991 | 132,772 | −2.8% |
1996 | 133,535 | +0.6% |
2002 | 140,131 | +4.9% |
2006 | 149,244 | +6.5% |
2011 | 158,754 | +6.4% |
2016 | 159,553 | +0.5% |
2022 | 167,690 | +5.1% |
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Rank | Town | Population (2016 census) |
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1 | Clonmel | 17,140 |
2 | Nenagh | 8,968 |
3 | Thurles | 7,940 |
4 | Carrick-on-Suir | 5,771 |
5 | Roscrea | 5,446 |
6 | Tipperary | 4,979 |
7 | Cashel | 4,422 |
8 | Cahir | 3,593 |
9 | Ballina | 2,632 |
10 | Templemore | 1,939 |
11 | Fethard | 1,545 |
History
Following the
The county was divided once again in 1838.
Local government and politics
Following the
Most of the county is in the
Culture
Tipperary is referred to as the "Premier County", a description attributed to Thomas Davis, Editor of The Nation newspaper in the 1840s as a tribute to the nationalistic feeling in Tipperary and said[citation needed] that "where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows". Tipperary was the subject of the famous song "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" written by Jack Judge, whose grandparents came from the county. It was popular with regiments of the British Army during World War I. The song "Slievenamon", which is traditionally associated with the county, was written by Charles Kickham from Mullinahone, and is commonly sung at sporting fixtures involving the county.[22]
Irish language
There is no
Economy
The area around Clonmel is the economic hub of the county, due to manufacturing facilities owned by
Tipperary is famous for its horse breeding industry and is the home of Coolmore Stud, the largest thoroughbred breeding operation in the world.[24]
Tourism plays a significant role in County Tipperary –
Transport
Road transport dominates in County Tipperary. The
.Railways
Tipperary also has a number of railway stations situated on the
.The is plans to reopen the Clonmel to Thurles railway line in future.
Sports
County Tipperary has a strong association with the Gaelic Athletic Association, which was founded in Thurles in 1884. Tipperary GAA – a county board of the GAA – organizes local competitions for hurling, Gaelic football, camogie and handball. The board also enters county representative teams into the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.
Tipperary is the only county across any Gaelic game to have won an all-Ireland title in every decade since the 1880s. Hurling has traditionally been the county's dominant sport, however, with its hurling team having won 28 All-Ireland titles in comparison to the football team's four. Tipperary has the third-highest All-Ireland tally of any county hurling team, behind only Kilkenny and Cork.
Horse racing takes place at Tipperary Racecourse, Thurles Racecourse and Clonmel Racecourse.
Places of interest
- Ardfinnan Castle
- Athassel Priory
- Cahir Castle
- Coolmore Stud
- Devil's Bit – a mountain near Templemore
- Dromineer
- Galtymore – a munro, and the highest mountain in County Tipperary (919m).
- Glen of Aherlow
- Glengarra Wood
- Holy Cross Abbey
- Kilcash Castle
- Lorrha
- Lough Derg
- Monaincha
- Mount St. Joseph Abbey, Roscrea
- Mitchelstown Cave
- Nenagh Castle
- Ormonde Castle, Carrick-on-Suir
- Redwood Castle (Castle Egan)
- Rock of Cashel
- Roscrea Castle
- Semple Stadium
- Slievenamon – mountain associated with many Irish legends (721m)
- Timoney Standing Stones
Notable people
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- Anne Anderson, ambassador to the United States
- J. D. Bernal, twentieth-century scientist
- Dan Breen, Irish Republican during the Irish War of Independence, later a TD for the county
- William Butler, nineteenth-century army officer, writer and adventurer
- Peter Campbell, founder of the Uruguayan navy
- The Clancy Brothers, folk music group
- Paddy Clancy, singer and harmonicist
- Tom Clancy, singer and actor
- Bobby Clancy, singer and banjoist
- Liam Clancy, singer and guitarist
- Patrick Collison, CEO/Co-Founder, Stripe
- John Collison, President/Co-Founder, Stripe
- Kerry Condon, actress
- Noel Coonan
- Frank Corcoran, composer
- Hometown
- Governor of Connecticut(1961–1971)
- Dennis Dewane, American politician
- John M. Feehan, author and publisher
- Frank Fitzgerald, American politician
- Lumsden Hare, stage and film actor
- Séamus Healy
- Tom Hayes
- Mary Hanafin
- Una Healy, singer, member of the girl group The Saturdays
- Máire Hoctor
- Patrick Hobbins, American politician
- Alan Kelly, politician
- Tom Kiely, Olympic gold medalist
- Shane Long, footballer
- Denis Lynch, showjumper
- Thomas MacDonagh, Irish Republican and Signatory of the 1916 Proclamation
- Shane MacGowan, musician and songwriter, member of the Pogues
- Marty Maher, athletic instructor for 50 years at West Point, subject of the film The Long Gray Line
- Martin Mansergh
- John Morrissey, New York gang-leader, boxer and US congressman
- Niall O'Dowd, publisher, Irish Central
- Fergus O'Dowd
- Tomás Ó hÍcí, Irish scribe
- Martin O'Meara, recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Frank Patterson, tenor
- Ramsay Weston Phipps, military historian
- Rozanna Purcell, model, winner of Miss Universe Ireland 2010
- Lena Rice, Wimbledon tennis champion
- Adi Roche, campaigner for peace, humanitarian aid and education, founder and chief executive of Chernobyl Children International
- Donal Ryan, writer
- Richard Lalor Sheil, politician, writer and orator
- Pat Shortt, actor, comedian and entertainer
- Tristram Shandy
- Seán Treacy, Irish Republican during the Irish War of Independence
- Declan Kelly, CEO of Teneo
- Tony Ryan, founder and chairman GPA and Ryanair philanthropist
See also
- Annals of Inisfallen
- High Sheriff of Tipperary
- List of civil parishes of County Tipperary
- List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Tipperary)
- List of National Monuments in County Tipperary
- Lord Lieutenant of Tipperary
- Tipperary Hill, a neighbourhood in Syracuse, New York, United States, inhabited by many descendants of County Tipperary.
- Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland
References
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- ^ Deputy keeper of the public records in Ireland (26 April 1873). "Appendix 3: Extract from Report of the Assistant Deputy Keeper on the Records of the Court of Record of the County Palatine of Tipperary". Fifth Report. Command papers. Vol. C.760. HMSO. pp. 32–37. Archived from the original on 12 May 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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Bibliography
- Laffan, Thomas (1911). Tipperary Families: Being The Hearth Money Records for 1665-1667 (PDF). James Duffy & Co.
- Simington, Robert C (1931). The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656: County of Tipperary, Volume I. Stationery Office.
- Simington, Robert C (1934). The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656: County of Tipperary, Volume II. Stationery Office.
External links
- Tipperary Institute
- County Tipperary Historical Society
- A website dedicated to the genealogical records of the county. It offers fragments of the 1766 census, the complete Down Survey, as well as a ream of other useful information
- Rebellion of 1641 in County Tipperary by Jim Condon
- Score for 'Quality of Life' in County Tipperary
- Gaelscoil stats
- Tipperary Studies
- IrelandGenWeb Project