Tipperary

Market town in County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland; population (2002) 4,550. Situated at the foot of the Slievenamuck Hills, in the fertile Golden Vale plain, 6 km/4 mi from the Glen of Aherlow, it is a centre for climbing and hillwalking. Tipperary has an electronic-games manufacturer, service industries, and a creamery. The ruins of a 13th-century Augustinian friary remain in the town.

Erasmus Smith obtained confiscated land in Tipperary in the 17th century and founded several schools; the ruins of one of them can still be seen.

Muintir na Tíre, a movement for the development of rural life in Ireland, was founded in Tipperary in 1931. The town was the birthplace of John O'Leary (1830-1907), a leader of the Fenian movement.

Just outside the town is New Tipperary, a village built by the tenants of the Smith Barry estate in 1890 during a Land League dispute. This settlement was unsuccessful.