town information tipperary

The village of Portroe has a commanding view of the countryside, and another pleasant church in cream gritstone.

A simple headstone in the churchyard commemorates a Tipperary hurler-author of the landmark 1926 USA tour, Tommy Kenny, and his son Sean (1930-1973), who crossed the Atlantic with three others in an open ketch, Ituna studied with Frank Lloyd Wright at Arizona and became a celebrated designer for the London stage. The signpost indicated a German -owned tube factory origi...

A small Christian Fellowship that has met in Tippeary town for over 20 years. All welcome . Our Sunday meeting lasts about 1 hour. Sunday service at 11.30a.m....

Borrisoleigh ( the burgage or Norman borough of Ileigh barony), a small market town on the Nenagh-Thurles road, has some Georgian architecture and traditional shopfronts. As you enter a pair of red sandstone houses catch the eye. Through the arched gateway beside them is a ruined rectangular 15th century tower house - a de Burgo fortress. Of most interest is an inscribed slab inserted into the gable of the sandstone house with the names of Richard Burke and Ellice Hurley, 1643, clearly legible...