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We have all heard the song ….ITS A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY !!! Tipperary is an inland county in the province of Munster.  The county, divided for administrative purposes into North and South Ridings, covers 1,662 square miles and has a population of approx. 140,000.  Tipperary became known worldwide through the World War I song “It’s [...]

Clonmel is Tipperary’s county town, a prosperous and pretty place with plenty of life and, if home-grown novelist Laurence Sterne’s writings are anything to go by, some whimsically rum goings-on.  Sterne lied during the 18th century and is best known for his picaresque novel, Tristram Shandy. Other writers have connections with the town: Anthony Trollope [...]