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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Tipperary

The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary by Shadowgate
The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, © 2008, Shadowgate
COUNTY TIPPERARY

Irish Name: Tiobraid Árann
Nickname: The Premier County
County Town: Nenagh
Province: Munster
Region: Midlands

Tartan: The County Tipperary tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in cherry red, forest green, brown, and black. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the house of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Tipperary Tartan

County Tipperary Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Dwyer, Gleeson, Hayes, Hogan, Kelly, Kennedy, Lonergan, Maher, McGrath, O'Brien, Ryan, Walsh

(Irish Emigrants):
Butler, Dwyer, Fogarty, Gleeson, Hayes, Hogan, Maher, McGrath, O'Brien, Ryan

Next page: County Tyrone

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Tipperary tartan pattern © 1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) The Rock of Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland, 2008, Shadowgate, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 2.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
Related Resources

Location map of County Tipperary
Location of County Tipperary
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