County_Tipperary County_Tipperary

County Tipperary - Definition and Overview
County Tipperary
Image:IrelandTipperary.png
Area: 4,303 km²
Capital: North: Nenagh
South: Clonmel
Code: North: TN
South: TS
Population: 140,131 (2002)
Province: Munster

County Tipperary (Tiobraid Árainn in Irish) is a 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 the purposes of local government 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.

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Flag of Provinces, Ireland Traditional counties of Ireland Flag of Provinces, Ireland
Connacht: Galway | Leitrim | Mayo | Roscommon | Sligo
Munster: Clare | Cork | Kerry | Limerick | Tipperary | Waterford
Leinster: Carlow | Dublin | Kildare | Kilkenny | Laois | Longford | Louth | Meath | Offaly | Westmeath | Wexford | Wicklow
Ulster: Antrim * | Armagh * | Cavan | Donegal | Down * | Fermanagh * | Londonderry * | Monaghan | Tyrone *
* Counties in Northern Ireland (other counties are in the Republic of Ireland)
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Example Usage of Tipperary
joniben: @TheFagCasanova Yes me too.Always picture my 90yr old dad in his wheelchair singing It's a Long Way to Tipperary at top of his voice.Respect
kittykat2485: Sunday finally lives up to its name. Its nice and sunny here in south Tipperary. :)
hanna2k9: @JLSOfficial i watched the documetay was brill Im frm ireland and yee hav 2 com 2 Tipperary sometime pleas cant wait 2 see yee in feburary=]
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