Editing County Tipperary

{{Short description|County in Ireland}}
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{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = County Tipperary
|native_name            = {{lang|ga|Contae Thiobraid Árann}}
| settlement_type       = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|native_name_lang       = ga
|image_shield           = Tipperary_COA.svg
|image_flag             =  
|image_map              = Island_of_Ireland_location_map_Tipperary.svg
|nickname               = The Premier County
|area_total_km2         = 4305
|area_rank              = [[List of Irish counties by area|6th]]
|seat_type              = [[County town]]s
|seat                   = [[Nenagh]]/[[Clonmel]]
|blank_name_sec1        = [[Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland|Vehicle index<br/>mark code]]
|blank_info_sec1        = [[Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland#Current index mark codes|T]]
|population_total       = 167,895
|population_rank        = [[List of Irish counties by population|12th]]
|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_footnotes   = <ref name=cso2016>{{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629149913A3E055000000000001 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: County Tipperary | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)]] | access-date = 18 November 2018 | archive-date = 18 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181118205607/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=CTY31&Geog_Code=2AE19629149913A3E055000000000001 | url-status = live }}</ref>
|population_density_km2 = auto
|leader_title           = [[local government in the Republic of Ireland|Local authority]]
|leader_name            = [[Tipperary County Council]]
|leader_title2          = [[Dáil constituency]]
|leader_name2           = [[Tipperary (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary]]
|leader_title3          = [[European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland|EP constituency]]
|leader_name3           = [[South (European Parliament constituency)|South]]
|subdivision_type       = [[Sovereign state|Country]]
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Munster]]
|subdivision_type2      = [[Regions of Ireland|Region]]
|subdivision_name2      = [[Southern Region, Ireland|Southern]]
|website                = {{official website}}
|timezone               = [[Western European Time|WET]]
|utc_offset             = ±0
|timezone_DST           = [[Irish Standard Time|IST]]
|utc_offset_DST         = +1
| established_title     = Established
| established_date      =
| established_title2    = Shired<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rootsireland.ie/tipperary-north/brief-history-of-county-tipperary/|title=Brief History of County Tipperary – Roots Ireland|website=rootsireland.ie|access-date=21 June 2019|archive-date=21 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621231654/https://www.rootsireland.ie/tipperary-north/brief-history-of-county-tipperary/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| established_date2     = 1328
|established_title3     = [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898|Divided]]
| established_date3=1838
| established_title4    = [[Local Government Reform Act 2014|Reunified]]
| established_date4=2014
| area_code_type        = [[Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland|Telephone area codes]]
| area_code = 051, 0504, 0505, 052, 061, 062, 067 <small>(primarily)</small>
| postal_code_type      = [[Eircode]] routing keys
| postal_code           = E21, E25, E32, E34, E41, E45, E53, E91 <small>(primarily)</small>
| elevation_max_m       = 918
| elevation_max_point   = [[Galtymore]]
| module                = {{infobox mapframe|zoom=7}}
| iso_code              = IE-TA
}}
[[File:Baronies of Tipperary.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|County Tipperary with subdivision into baronies]]
'''County Tipperary''' ({{langx|ga|Contae Thiobraid Árann}}) is a [[Counties of Ireland|county]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is in the [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Munster]] and the [[Southern Region, Ireland|Southern Region]]. The county is named after the town of [[Tipperary (town)|Tipperary]], and was established in the early 13th century, shortly after the [[Norman invasion of Ireland]]. It is Ireland's largest inland county and shares a border with eight counties, more than any other. The population of the county was 167,895 at the 2022 census.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Census 2022: Profile 1 - Population Distribution and Movement: F1001 - Population at Each Census |url=https://data.cso.ie/ |access-date=2023-12-03 |website=data.cso.ie}}</ref> The largest towns are [[Clonmel]], [[Nenagh]] and [[Thurles]].

[[Tipperary County Council]] is the [[local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authority]] for the county. In 1838, County Tipperary was divided into two [[Riding (division)|ridings]], [[North Tipperary|North]] and [[South Tipperary|South]]. From 1899 until 2014, they had their own [[county council]]s. They were unified under the [[Local Government Reform Act 2014]], which came into effect following the [[2014 Irish local elections|2014 local elections]] on 3 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/news/tipperary-county-council|title=Tipperary County Council|date=29 May 2014|quote=Tipperary County Council will become an official unified authority on Tuesday, 3rd June 2014. The new authority combines the existing administration of North Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary County Council.|access-date=3 June 2014|archive-date=6 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606211104/http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/news/tipperary-county-council|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography==
Tipperary is the sixth-largest of the [[Counties of Ireland|32 counties]] by area and the 12th largest by population.<ref>{{cite book| first=Eoghan| last=Corry| title=The GAA Book of Lists| publisher=Hodder Headline Ireland| year=2005| pages=186–91}}</ref> 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 [[Knockmealdown Mountains|Knockmealdown]], the [[Galtee Mountains|Galtee]], the [[Arra Hills]] and the [[Silvermine Mountains]]. Most of the county is drained by the [[River Suir]]; the north-western part by tributaries of the [[River Shannon]]; the eastern part by the [[River Nore]]; the south-western corner by the [[Munster Blackwater]]. No part of the county touches the coast. The centre is known as 'the [[Golden Vale]]', a rich pastoral stretch of land in the Suir basin which extends into counties [[County Limerick|Limerick]] and [[County Cork|Cork]]. At 917 m, Galtymore is the highest point.

The [[Devil's Bit]] is a part of the [[Slieve Bloom]] range. The [[River Shannon]] flows along the northwest border with counties [[County Limerick|Limerick]], [[County Galway|Galway]] and [[County Clare|Clare]]. The River Suir rises at the Devil's Bit and flows into the sea east of [[Waterford]].

===Baronies===
There are 12 historic [[Barony (Ireland)|baronies]] in County Tipperary: [[Clanwilliam (County Tipperary)|Clanwilliam]], [[Eliogarty]], [[Iffa and Offa East]], [[Iffa and Offa West]], [[Ikerrin]], [[Kilnamanagh Lower]], [[Kilnamanagh Upper]], [[Middle Third (County Tipperary barony)|Middle Third]], [[Ormond Lower]], [[Ormond Upper]], [[Owney and Arra]] and [[Slievardagh]].

===Civil parishes and townlands===
{{Main|Civil parishes in Ireland}}
Parishes were delineated after the [[Down Survey]] as an intermediate subdivision, with multiple [[townland]]s per parish and multiple parishes per barony. The civil parishes had some use in local taxation and were included on the nineteenth century maps of the [[Ordnance Survey of Ireland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx|title=Interactive map (civil parish boundaries viewable in Historic layer)|work=Mapviewer|publisher=Ordnance Survey of Ireland|access-date=9 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529055024/http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx|archive-date=29 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> For [[poor law]] purposes, [[district electoral division]]s replaced the civil parishes in the mid-nineteenth century. There are 199 civil parishes in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Tipperary&streets=yes |title=Placenames Database of Ireland – Tipperary civil parishes |publisher=Logainm.ie |date=2010-12-13 |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920032528/http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Tipperary&streets=yes |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Townlands are the smallest officially defined geographical divisions in Ireland; there are 3,159 townlands in the county.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Tipperary&streets=yes |title=Placenames Database of Ireland – Tipperary townlands |publisher=Logainm.ie |date=2010-12-13 |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920032528/http://www.logainm.ie/Viewer.aspx?text=Tipperary&streets=yes |archive-date=20 September 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Largest towns===
{{See also|List of towns and villages in County Tipperary}}
{{Historical populations
|state=collapsed
|1600|23454
|1610|25667
|1653|31597
|1659|26684
|1821|346896
|1831|402563
|1841|435553
|1851|331567
|1861|249106
|1871|216713
|1881|199612
|1891|173188
|1901|160232
|1911|152433
|1926|141015
|1936|137835
|1946|136014
|1951|133313
|1956|129415
|1961|123822
|1966|122812
|1971|123565
|1979|133741
|1981|135261
|1986|136619
|1991|132772
|1996|133535
|2002|140131
|2006|149244
|2011|158754
|2016|159553
|2022|167690
||footnote=<ref name=cso2016/><ref>For 1653 and 1659 figures from Civil Survey Census of those years, Paper of Mr Hardinge to Royal Irish Academy 14 March 1865.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cso.ie/census |title=Census for post 1821 figures. |publisher=CSO|access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-date=9 March 2005 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050309005718/http://www.cso.ie/census/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>[http://www.histpop.org histpop.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507023856/http://www.histpop.org/ |date=7 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |title=NISRA – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency |publisher=Nisranew.nisra.gov.uk |access-date=2012-09-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217095720/http://www.nisranew.nisra.gov.uk/census |archive-date=17 February 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
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{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Rank
!Town
!Population<br><small>(2016 census)</small>
|-
| align=left | 1
| [[Clonmel]]
| align=right | 17,140
|-
| align=left | 2
| [[Nenagh]]
| align=right | 8,968
|-
| align=left | 3
| [[Thurles]]
| align=right | 7,940
|-
| align=left | 4
| [[Carrick-on-Suir]]
| align=right | 5,771
|-
| align=left | 5
| [[Roscrea]]
| align=right | 5,446
|-
| align=left | 6
| [[Tipperary (town)|Tipperary]]
| align=right | 4,979
|-
| align=left | 7
| [[Cashel, County Tipperary|Cashel]]
| align=right | 4,422
|-
| align=left | 8
| [[Cahir]]
| align=right | 3,593
|-
| align=left | 9
| [[Ballina, County Tipperary|Ballina]]
| align=right | 2,632
|-
| align=left | 10
| [[Templemore]]
| align=right | 1,939
|-
| align=left | 11
| [[Fethard, County Tipperary|Fethard]]
| align=right | 1,545
|}

==History==
[[File:Rock of Cashel, Tipperary.jpg|thumb|The [[Rock of Cashel]], seat of the [[Kings of Munster]]]]
[[File:Roscrea Brooch.jpg|thumb|The [[Roscrea Brooch]], 9th century]]
Following the [[Norman invasion of Ireland]], the [[O'Kennedy]] ruled [[Kingdom of Ormond]] was claimed as a lordship. By 1210, the [[sheriff]]dom of Munster shired into the shires of Tipperary and [[County Limerick|Limerick]].<ref name="Falkiner1904">{{cite book |author-link=Caesar Litton Falkiner |last=Falkiner|first=Caesar Litton|title=Illustrations of Irish history and topography: mainly of the seventeenth century|url=https://archive.org/details/illustrationsir01jouvgoog|access-date=14 August 2011|year=1904|publisher=Longmans, Green|pages=[https://archive.org/details/illustrationsir01jouvgoog/page/n132 108]–42|chapter=The Counties of Ireland}}</ref> In 1328, Tipperary was granted to the [[Earl of Ormond (Ireland)|Earls of Ormond]] as a [[county palatine]] or [[Liberty (division)|liberty]].<ref name="Falkiner1904"/> The grant excluded church lands such as the [[Archbishop of Cashel|archiepiscopal see]] of [[Cashel, County Tipperary|Cashel]], which formed the separate county of [[Cross Tipperary]].<ref name="Falkiner1904"/> Though the Earls gained jurisdiction over the church lands in 1662, "Tipperary and Cross Tipperary" were not definitively united until the [[County Palatine of Tipperary Act 1715]], when the [[James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde|2nd Duke of Ormond]] was [[attainder|attainted]] for supporting the [[Jacobite rising of 1715]].<ref name="C760a3">{{cite book |author=Deputy keeper of the public records in Ireland |title=Fifth Report |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kVYRAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA33 |access-date=2011-08-14 |series=[[Command paper]]s |volume=C.760 |date=1873-04-26 |publisher=HMSO |pages=32–37 |chapter=Appendix 3: Extract from Report of the Assistant Deputy Keeper on the Records of the Court of Record of the County Palatine of Tipperary |archive-date=12 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160512033355/https://books.google.com/books?id=kVYRAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA33 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Act2Geo1c8">{{cite book|last=Ireland|title=Statutes Passed in the Parliaments Held in Ireland|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iJVRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5|access-date=14 August 2011|volume=III: 1715–1733|year=1794|publisher=Printed by George Grierson, printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty|pages=5–11|chapter=2 George I c.8|archive-date=1 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101000546/http://books.google.com/books?id=iJVRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5|url-status=live}}</ref>

The county was divided once again in 1838.<ref name="Murphy1994">{{cite book|last=Murphy|first=Donal A.|title=The two Tipperarys: the national and local politics, devolution and self-determination, of the unique 1838 division into two ridings, and the aftermath|year=1994|publisher=Relay|isbn=9780946327133|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/twotipperarysnat0000murp}}</ref> The [[county town]] of [[Clonmel]], where the [[grand jury]] held its twice-yearly [[assizes (England and Wales)|assizes]], is at the southern limit of the county, and roads leading north were poor, making the journey inconvenient for jurors resident there.<ref name="Murphy1994"/> A petition to move the county town to a more central location was opposed by the [[Clonmel (UK Parliament constituency)|MP for Clonmel]], so instead the county was split into two "[[riding (division)|riding]]s"; the grand jury of the [[South Tipperary|South Riding]] continued to meet in Clonmel, while that of the [[North Tipperary|North Riding]] met in [[Nenagh]].<ref name="Murphy1994"/> When the [[Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898]] established [[county council]]s to replace the grand jury for civil functions, the ridings became separate "[[Administrative counties of Ireland|administrative counties]]" with separate county councils.<ref name="Murphy1994"/> Their names were changed from "Tipperary North/South Riding" to "North/South Tipperary" by the [[Local Government Act 2001]], which redesignated all "administrative counties" as simply "counties".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/act/pub/0037/sec0010.htm|title=Local Government Act, 2001 sec.10(4)(a)|work=Irish Statute Book|access-date=22 October 2013}}{{Dead link|date=July 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The [[Local Government Reform Act 2014]] has amalgamated the two counties and restored a single county of Tipperary.<ref>{{cite book |author=Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government |url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2013/9813/b9813d.pdf#page=16 |chapter=sec.10(2) Boundaries of amalgamated local government areas |isbn=978-1-4468-0502-2 |title=Local Government Bill 2013 (As initiated) |publisher=Stationery Office |location=Dublin |date=15 October 2013 |access-date=17 October 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924055939/http://www.oireachtas.ie/documents/bills28/bills/2013/9813/b9813d.pdf#page=16 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Local government and politics==
Following the [[2014 Tipperary County Council election|2014 local election]], [[Tipperary County Council]] is the [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authority]] for the county. The authority is the successor council to [[North Tipperary County Council]] and [[South Tipperary County Council]] which operated up until June 2014. The local authority is responsible for certain local [[Public services|services]] such as sanitation, planning and [[Real estate development|development]], libraries, the collection of motor taxation, local roads and [[social housing]].

Most of the county is in the [[Dáil constituency]] of [[Tipperary (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary]], which elects five deputies ([[Teachta Dála|TDs]]) to the Dáil. A small part of the county in the former [[rural district (Ireland)|rural district]] of Nenagh is in the constituency of [[Limerick City (Dáil constituency)|Limerick City]].<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=2017|number=39|schedule=y|name=[[Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017]] |date=23 December 2017|access-date=18 March 2022}}</ref> The county is part of the [[South (European Parliament constituency)|South]] constituency for European elections.

== Culture ==
[[File:Galtee range aherlow.JPG|thumb|left|[[Galtee Mountains]] seen from the [[Glen of Aherlow]]]]
Tipperary is referred to as the "Premier County", a description attributed to [[Thomas Davis (Young Irelander)|Thomas Davis]], [[Editing|Editor]] of ''[[The Nation (Irish newspaper)|The Nation]]'' [[newspaper]] in the 1840s as a tribute to the nationalistic feeling in Tipperary and said that "where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.irishcentral.com/travel/best-of-ireland/county-tipperary |title=What's your Irish County? County Tipperary {{!}} All the basics and some fun facts about County Tipperary |author=<!--not stated--> |date=25 May 2023 |website=IrishCentral |access-date=1 June 2024 |quote=Tipperary is better known as the Premier County, dating from the 1840s when Thomas Davis in the Nation newspaper lauded Tipperary for its nationalistic feeling and claimed 'Where Tipperary leads, Ireland follows.'}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishpage.com/songs/slevmoan.htm |title=Sliabh na mban – Slievenamon |publisher=Irishpage.com |access-date=2012-09-14 |archive-date=6 March 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100306075649/http://www.irishpage.com/songs/slevmoan.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Irish language ==
There is no [[Gaeltacht]] in County Tipperary and consequently few Irish speakers. Nevertheless, there are five [[Gaelscoil]]eanna (Irish language primary schools) and two [[Gaelcholáiste|Gaelcholáistí]] (Irish language secondary schools).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf|title=Oideachas Trí Mheán na Gaeilge in Éirinn sa Ghalltacht 2010-2011|year=2011|publisher=gaelscoileanna.ie|language=Irish|access-date=9 January 2012|archive-date=19 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419091247/http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The area around Clonmel is the economic hub of the county, due to manufacturing facilities owned by [[Bulmers (C&C)|Bulmers]] (brewers) and [[Merck & Co.]] (pharmaceuticals) east of the town. There is much fertile land, especially in the region known as the [[Golden Vale]], one of the richest agricultural areas in Ireland.

Tipperary is famous for its [[horse breeding]] industry and is the home of [[Coolmore Stud]], the largest [[thoroughbred]] breeding operation in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/4bn-value-put-on-magniers-coolmore-stud-26433861.html|title=€4bn value put on Magnier's Coolmore Stud – Independent.ie|work=Independent.ie|access-date=2018-01-31|language=en|archive-date=1 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201082441/https://www.independent.ie/business/irish/4bn-value-put-on-magniers-coolmore-stud-26433861.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Tourism plays a significant role in County Tipperary – [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]], [[Thurles]], [[Rock of Cashel]], [[Ormonde Castle]], [[Ahenny High Crosses]], [[Cahir Castle]], Bru Boru Heritage Centre and [[Tipperary Crystal]] are some of the primary tourist destinations in the county.

== Transport ==
Road transport dominates in County Tipperary. The [[M7 motorway (Ireland)|M7 motorway]] crosses the north of the county through [[Roscrea]] and [[Nenagh]] and the [[M8 motorway (Ireland)|M8 motorway]] bisects the county from north of [[Two-Mile Borris]] to the [[County Limerick]] border. Both routes are among some of the busiest roads on the island. The Limerick to Waterford [[N24 road (Ireland)|N24]] crosses the southern half of Tipperary, travelling through [[Tipperary Town]], [[Bansha]], north of [[Cahir]] and around [[Clonmel]] and [[Carrick-on-Suir]].

===Railways===
Tipperary also has a number of railway stations situated on the [[Dublin–Cork railway line|Dublin–Cork line]] such as [[Templemore railway station|Templemore]], [[Thurles railway station|Thurles]] and [[Limerick Junction railway station|Limerick Junction]]. The [[Limerick–Ballybrophy railway line|Dublin-to-Limerick]] line connect at [[Ballybrophy railway station|Ballybrophy]] for services through north Tipperary. The [[Limerick–Rosslare railway line|Limerick–Waterford line]] connect to the [[Dublin–Cork railway line|Dublin–Cork line]] at [[Limerick Junction railway station|Limerick Junction]]. The [[Rail transport in Ireland|railway lines]] connect places in Tipperary with [[Cork railway station|Cork]], [[Dublin Heuston]], [[Waterford railway station|Waterford]], [[Limerick railway station|Limerick]], [[Mallow railway station|Mallow]], and [[Galway railway station|Galway]].

== 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 [[Gaelic handball|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 [[Tipperary county hurling team|its hurling team]] having won 28 All-Ireland titles in comparison to [[Tipperary county football team|the football team]]'s four. Tipperary has the third-highest All-Ireland tally of any county hurling team, behind only [[Kilkenny county hurling team|Kilkenny]] and [[Cork county hurling team|Cork]].

[[Horse racing]] takes place at [[Tipperary Racecourse]], [[Thurles Racecourse]] and [[Clonmel Racecourse]].

==Places of interest==
[[File:Castles of Munster, Ardfinnan, Tipperary - geograph.org.uk - 1393364.jpg|thumb|[[Ardfinnan Castle]]]]
*[[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 (Shannon)|Lough Derg]]
*[[Monaincha Church|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 Stones|Timoney Standing Stones]]

==Notable people==
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*[[Anne Anderson (diplomat)|Anne Anderson]], ambassador to the United States
*[[J. D. Bernal]], twentieth-century scientist
*[[Rachael Blackmore]], National Hunt Jockey
*[[Dan Breen]], Irish Republican during the [[Irish War of Independence]], later a TD for the county
*[[William Butler (British Army officer)|William Butler]], nineteenth-century army officer, writer and adventurer
*[[Peter Campbell (naval officer)|Peter Campbell]], founder of the Uruguayan navy
*[[The Clancy Brothers]], folk music group
**[[Paddy Clancy]], singer and [[Harmonica|harmonicist]]
**[[Tom Clancy (singer)|Tom Clancy]], singer and actor
**[[Bobby Clancy]], singer and banjoist
**[[Liam Clancy]], singer and [[guitarist]]
*[[John Collison]], President/Co-founder, [[Stripe, Inc.|Stripe]]
*[[Patrick Collison]], CEO/Co-founder, [[Stripe, Inc.|Stripe]]
*[[Kerry Condon]], actress
*[[Noel Coonan]]
*[[Frank Corcoran]], composer
*[[Dayl Cronin]], singer, member of boyband ''[[Hometown (band)|Hometown]]''
*[[John N. Dempsey]], [[Governor of Connecticut]] (1961–1971)
*[[Dennis Dewane]], American politician
*[[John M. Feehan]], author and publisher
*[[Frank Fitzgerald (Assemblyman)|Frank Fitzgerald]], American politician
*[[Mary Hanafin]]
*[[Lumsden Hare]], stage and film actor
*[[Tom Hayes (Irish politician)|Tom Hayes]]
*[[Séamus Healy]]
*[[Una Healy]], singer, member of the [[girl group]] ''[[The Saturdays]]''
*[[Patrick Hobbins]], American politician
*[[Máire Hoctor]]
*[[Alan Kelly (politician)|Alan Kelly]], politician
*[[Declan Kelly (businessman)|Declan Kelly]], CEO of [[Teneo]]
*[[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 [[United States Military Academy|West Point]], subject of the film ''[[The Long Gray Line]]''
*[[Martin Mansergh]]
*[[John Morrissey]], New York gang-leader, boxer and US congressman
*[[Fergus O'Dowd]]
*[[Niall O'Dowd]], publisher, Irish Central
*[[Tomás Ó hÍcí]], Irish scribe
*[[Martin O'Meara]], recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
*[[Frank Patterson]], [[tenor]]
*[[Ramsay Weston Phipps]], military historian
*[[Rachel Pilkington]] actor
*[[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
*[[Tony Ryan]], founder and chairman GPA and [[Ryanair]] philanthropist
*[[Richard Lalor Sheil]], politician, writer and orator
*[[Pat Shortt]], actor, comedian and entertainer
* [[Dylan Slevin]], Professional [[Darts]] player
*[[Laurence Sterne]], author and clergyman, most famous for ''[[Tristram Shandy]]''
*[[Seán Treacy]], Irish Republican during the [[Irish War of Independence]]

==See also==
* [[Annals of Inisfallen]] 
* [[High Sheriff of Tipperary]]
* [[List of civil parishes of Ireland#Tipperary|List of civil parishes of County Tipperary]]
* [[List of monastic houses in Ireland#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 [[Kinship|descendants]] of County Tipperary.
* [[Vehicle registration plates of the Republic of Ireland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Bibliography===
* {{cite book |title= Tipperary Families: Being The Hearth Money Records for 1665-1667|last= Laffan|first=Thomas|year=1911|publisher=James Duffy & Co|url=http://www.askaboutireland.ie/aai-files/assets/ebooks/40%20Tipperary%20Hearth%20Records/40%20Tipperary%20Hearth%20Records.pdf}}
* {{cite book |title=The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656: County of Tipperary, Volume I|last= Simington|first=Robert C|year=1931|publisher=Stationery Office}}
* {{cite book |title=The Civil Survey A.D. 1654-1656: County of Tipperary, Volume II|last= Simington|first=Robert C|year=1934|publisher=Stationery Office}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20010223211315/http://www.tippinst.ie/ Tipperary Institute]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061210064319/http://www.tipperarylibraries.ie/ths/index.htm County Tipperary Historical Society]
*[https://archive.today/20121129050001/http://www.irelandgenweb.com/~irltip/records.htm 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]
* [http://homepage.eircom.net/~jjcondon/Cromwell.html Rebellion of 1641 in County Tipperary] by Jim Condon
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120326124134/http://www.likeplace.ie/places/index_state.php?state=Tipperary Score for 'Quality of Life' in County Tipperary]
*[http://www.gaelscoileanna.ie/assets/Staitistic%C3%AD-2010-2011_Gaeilge.pdf Gaelscoil stats]
*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdZCBlFYQS--gm7zyQd0jsg Tipperary Studies]
*[http://www.irelandgenweb.com/irltip/records.htm#censuses IrelandGenWeb Project]
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