Tipperary, town, Republic of Ireland
Tipperary, town (1991 pop. 4,963), seat of Co. Tipperary, S central Republic of Ireland. The center of a rich agricultural region, it is a farm market. Linoleum, mineral water, condensed milk, and gloves are produced. There are ruins of a 13th-century Augustinian abbey.Tipperary, county, Republic of Ireland
Tipperary (tĭp'ərâr`ē), county (1991 pop. 132,772), 1,643 sq mi (4,255 sq km), S central Republic of Ireland. The county seat is Tipperary Tipperary, town (1991 pop. 4,963), seat of Co. Tipperary, S central Republic of Ireland. The center of a rich agricultural region, it is a farm market. Linoleum, mineral water, condensed milk, and gloves are produced. There are ruins of a 13th-century Augustinian abbey...... Click the link for more information. . Administratively, the county is divided into North Riding (its administrative center at Nenagh Nenagh (nē`nə, nē`năkh), town (1991 pop. 5,825), Co. Tipperary, S central Republic of Ireland.
..... Click the link for more information. ) and South Riding (its administrative center at Clonmel Clonmel (klŏnmĕl`), town (1991 pop. 15,562), administrative center of South Riding, Co.
..... Click the link for more information. ). The region is part of the central plain of Ireland, but the terrain is diversified by several mountain ranges: the Knockmealdown, the Galtee, the Arra, and the Silvermine. The southern portion of the county is drained by the Suir Suir (sh
r), river, 85 mi (137 km) long, rising on Devilsbit Mt...... Click the link for more information. River; the northern by tributaries of the Shannon Shannon, principal river of the Republic of Ireland and longest (c.240 mi/390 km) in the British Isles. It rises near Cuilcagh Mt., NW Co. Cavan, and flows S through the Central Plain into Co. Limerick , where it turns west in a broad estuary (c.
..... Click the link for more information. , which widens into Lough Derg on the northern border. There is much fertile land, especially in the region known as the Golden Vale, one of the richest agricultural areas in Ireland. Dairy farming and cattle raising are the principal occupations. Other industries are slate quarrying and the manufacture of meal and flour. The county was long under the domination of the powerful Butler family (the earls of Ormonde). Antiquarian remains are found in Tipperary, particularly in the vicinity of Cashel Cashel (kă`shəl) [Irish,=castle], town (1991 pop. 2,314), Co. Tipperary, S central Republic of Ireland.
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Tipperary
a county of S Republic of Ireland, in Munster province; divided into the North Riding and South Riding: mountainous. County town: Clonmel; Nenagh serves as administrative capital of the North Riding. Pop.: 140 131 (2002). Area: 4255 sq. km (1643 sq. miles)
Tipperary
war song popular in British Army in World War I. [Br. Music: Scholes, 1025]
See : Song, Patriotic
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