County Tipperary

County Tipperary is located in the province of Munster. It was established in the early thirteenth century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. Between 1838 and 2014, County Tippersary was divided into two ridingscounties, North and South. The ridings were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014.

About County Tipperary in brief

County Tipperary is located in the province of Munster. It was established in the early thirteenth century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. The population of the county was 159,553 at the 2016 census. The largest towns are Clonmel, Nenagh and Thurles. Between 1838 and 2014, County Tippersary was divided into two ridingscounties, North and South. The ridings were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections on 3 June 2014. The county council is responsible for certain local services such as sanitation, planning and development, as well as the collection of motor taxation, local roads, and social housing. For European elections, the county is part of the South constituency for the European elections.

The authority is a merger of two separate authorities, which operated up until June 2014, and South and North TipperARY County Council. The council is a local government authority for the county, and is based in the town of Clonelm. There are 199 civil parishes in the county. Townlands are the smallest officially defined geographical divisions in Ireland; there are 3,159 townlands in theCounty is the sixth-largest of the 32 counties by area and the 12th largest by population. It is also the largest landlocked county in Ireland. Most of the country 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.

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