Nenagh
Nenagh
An tAonach / Aonach Urmhumhan | ||
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Eircode E45 | ||
Telephone area code | 067 | |
Irish Grid Reference | R865787 | |
Website | www |
Nenagh (/ˈniːnə/ NEE-nə; Irish: Aonach Urmhumhan, meaning 'the Fair of Ormond', or simply An tAonach 'the Fair') is the county town of County Tipperary in Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town, and the site of the East Munster Ormond Fair.
Nenagh was the county town of the former county of North Tipperary. It became the second-largest urban centre in the amalgamated county, with a population of 9,895 in 2022.[1]
Geography
Nenagh, the largest town in northern
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The area has a mild climate, with the average daily maximum in July of 19 °C and the average daily minimum in January of 3 °C.
History
Nenagh is in the
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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1821 | 6,335 | — |
1831 | 8,466 | +33.6% |
1841 | 8,618 | +1.8% |
1851 | 6,818 | −20.9% |
1861 | 6,204 | −9.0% |
1871 | 5,696 | −8.2% |
1881 | 5,422 | −4.8% |
1891 | 4,722 | −12.9% |
1901 | 4,704 | −0.4% |
1911 | 4,776 | +1.5% |
1926 | 4,524 | −5.3% |
1936 | 4,902 | +8.4% |
1946 | 4,516 | −7.9% |
1951 | 4,420 | −2.1% |
1956 | 4,568 | +3.3% |
1961 | 4,317 | −5.5% |
1966 | 4,609 | +6.8% |
1971 | 5,174 | +12.3% |
1981 | 5,871 | +13.5% |
1986 | 5,777 | −1.6% |
1991 | 5,825 | +0.8% |
1996 | 5,913 | +1.5% |
2002 | 6,054 | +2.4% |
2006 | 7,751 | +28.0% |
2011 | 7,995 | +3.1% |
2016 | 8,968 | +12.2% |
2022 | 9,895 | +10.3% |
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Nenagh Castle was built c. 1216 and was the main castle of the
In the
The town seems to have been refounded in the 16th century. In 1550, the town and friary were burned by O'Carroll. In 1641 the town was captured by
In the 19th century, Nenagh was primarily a market town, providing services to the agricultural hinterland. Industries included brewing, corn processing, coach building and
Politics and governance
The town is part of the nine-member municipal district of Nenagh for elections to Tipperary County Council and is part of the Tipperary constituency. Nenagh was the county town of the former county of North Tipperary, abolished in 2014.[12]
Built heritage
The town's historic features include
Nenagh Castle
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This Norman
Other historic buildings
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Nenagh_Friary_SE_2010_09_08.jpg/220px-Nenagh_Friary_SE_2010_09_08.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Nenagh_Priory_and_Hospital_of_St._John_the_Baptist_East_Gable_2010_09_05.jpg/220px-Nenagh_Priory_and_Hospital_of_St._John_the_Baptist_East_Gable_2010_09_05.jpg)
The old jail, with its octagonal governor's residence, is now an historic monument. Only one jail block remains intact. The Governor's Residence and jail gatehouse house Nenagh & District
Nenagh Courthouse was built in 1843 to the design of architect John B. Keane.[5] The design was similar to his previous courthouse in Tullamore, which in turn followed William Morrison's designs for Carlow and Tralee.[5] In 2002, the grounds of the refurbished courthouse became the site of bronze sculptures of Matt McGrath, Bob Tisdall and Johnny Hayes, three Olympic gold medalists with Nenagh links.[16] After the county council moved to their new Civic Offices in 2005, the courthouse was subsequently refurbished.[17]
Nenagh Arts Centre (formerly the Town Hall) is a distinctive building built in 1895. It was refurbished and now features a theatre and multi-purpose exhibition space.[18] Until 2005 it housed the offices of Nenagh Town Council and up until the 1980s Nenagh Public library. The building was designed by the then Town Engineer Robert Gill (father of Tomás Mac Giolla).[5]
St Mary's of the Rosary Catholic Church is a neo-gothic church and was built in 1895 to a design by architect Walter G Doolin.[19] It was constructed by John Sisk using Lahorna stone and Portroe slate with the Portland stone of the arches being the only imported material.[19]
The adjacent St Mary's Church of Ireland Church was built in 1862 to a design by the architect
The town also contains the ruins of a Franciscan Friary, where the Annals of Nenagh were written and the medieval Priory of St John on the outskirts of the town at Tyone.
Modern buildings
The new
Transport
Nenagh is situated on the
) starts/terminates south of Nenagh, at a junction with the M7. This route also bypasses Nenagh to the north and connects with the M7 to the west of the town towards Limerick.Bus
Nenagh is connected to other main towns and cities by bus services. The main carriers are JJ Kavanagh and Sons, Bus Éireann and Bernard Kavanagh & Sons.[23][24][25] Both JJ Kavanagh and Sons and Bus Éireann now offer services 24 hours a day to Dublin and Limerick with JJ Kavanagh buses offering direct services to both Dublin and Shannon airports.[26] The town centre bus stops are located at Banba Square. Nenagh railway station is also served infrequently by a small number of journeys on Bus Éireann route 323.[27] Local Link Tipperary operates bus service 854 between Nenagh and Roscrea with intermediate stops in stops in Toomevara, Moneygall, Cloughjordan and Shinrone. The service operates seven days a week with three departures in each direction. [28][29]
Rail
A committee (the Nenagh Rail Steering Committee) working in conjunction with Irish Railway News, had a meeting with the national railway company Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) on 1 September 2005 to present the results of a traffic study funded by Nenagh Town Council and North Tipperary County Council, and to seek a morning and evening service between Nenagh and Limerick which would increase commuter traffic. IÉ agreed to delay an afternoon service from the December 2005 timetable and to work towards an early service when equipment permitted from 2007. A January 2012 national newspaper article suggested that Irish Rail was expected to seek permission from the National Transport Authority to close the line.[31]
Nenagh is only 37 km from Thurles, which is on the main Dublin/Cork line, and which has around 18 trains daily in each direction, including non-stop services to and from Dublin. However, there are only two buses each weekday from Nenagh to Thurles (and vice versa).[32]
Sport
Gaelic games
Nenagh Éire Óg is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club and has had a number successes in County Championships in both football and hurling, winning the County Senior Hurling Championship in 1995. The club has also been represented on Senior All-Ireland winning Tipperary hurling teams by Mick Darcy (1925), Jack Darcy (1925), John McGrath (1958), Mick Burns (1958, 1961, 1962, 1964 & 1965), Michael Cleary (1989 & 1991), Conor O’Donovan (1989 & 1991), John Heffernan (1989), Hugh Maloney (2010), Michael Heffernan (2010), Barry Heffernan (2016 & 2019), Dáire Quinn (2016) and Jake Morris (2019).[33]
Rugby union
Association football
Nenagh is home to Nenagh A.F.C. (1951) and Nenagh Celtic F.C. (1981). Nenagh A.F.C.'s home grounds are Brickfields and Islandbawn. Nenagh Celtic's home ground is the VEC grounds. Nenagh Celtic have won a number of titles in their history.[citation needed]
Athletics
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/Nenagh_olympic.jpg/220px-Nenagh_olympic.jpg)
The local athletic club Nenagh Olympic were named after three men (
Golf
Nenagh Golf Club located at Beechwood on the "Old Birr Road" was affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland in 1929. The original 9-hole course was designed by Alister McKenzie, who along with Bobby Jones designed the legendary Augusta National. The course was expanded to 18 holes by Eddie Hackett in 1973. The course was expanded to 150 acres (0.61 km2) during the 1980s and 1990s and redevelopment to a new design by Patrick Merrigan was completed in 2001.[38]
Other sports
Nenagh is a hub on the North Tipperary Cycle Network,[39] and several signposted cycling routes leave and loop back to the town.[40][41][42] The Nenagh Triathlon Club, formed in 2007, organises an annual North tipp Sprint Triathlon.[43][44]
The World Taekwondo Association Ireland also has its Irish headquarters in Nenagh.[45] Other sports organisations include the Nenagh And District Darts League,[46] and Nenagh Cricket Club (which is a member of the Munster Cricket Union and plays in the Munster Cricket League).[47]
Twin towns
Notable people
- J.D. Bernal (1901–1971) – scientist[49]
- Michael Cleary – hurling player[50]
- Patrick Roger Cleary (1858–1948) – founder of Cleary University in the United States[51]
- Patrick Collison – co-founder of Stripe, Inc.[52]
- Boyle Medal recipient[53]
- Michael Courtney (1945–2003) – Papal Nuncio to Burundi, assassinated 29 December 2003[54]
- James Cross (1921–2021) – overseas diplomat[55]
- higher criticism[56]
- Patrick Donohoe (1820–1876) – Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross[57]
- John Doyle – journalist with Canada's The Globe and Mail[58]
- Bernadette Flynn – Irish dancer[59]
- T. P. Gill (1858–1931) – MP of the Irish Parliamentary Party and agriculture pioneer[60]
- Julian Gough – novelist and singer with Toasted Heretic[61]
- Johnny Hayes (1886–1965) – Olympic marathon gold-medalist[62]
- Máire Hoctor – politician[63]
- Trevor Hogan – Irish rugby international[64]
- Jack Jones (1873–1941) – British Labour politician[65]
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in the United States[66]
- Tomás Mac Giolla (1924–2010) – former Workers' Party president, Dublin West TD and Lord Mayor of Dublin[67]
- Matt McGrath (1875–1941) – Olympic Hammer-throwing gold-medalist[68]
- Shane Macgowan(1957-2023) — singer/songwriter and musician (lead singer of The Pogues)
- Dan Morrissey (1895–1981) – Government Minister[69]
- Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – Irish poet[70]
- European Commissioner[71]
- Mary Redmond (1863–1930) – sculptor[72]
- Father Alec Reid (1931–2013) – facilitator of the Northern Ireland peace process[73]
- Donal Ryan – Irish writer[74]
- Donnacha Ryan – Irish rugby international[75]
- Bob Tisdall (1907–2004) – Olympic 400m hurdles gold-medalist[76]
- John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury (1745–1831) – Irish lawyer, politician and judge, 'The Hanging Judge'[77]
See also
- List of civil parishes in north Tipperary
- The Nenagh Guardian
- Ardcroney
- List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland
- Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland
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