Tipperary (Tiobrad Arann, "Well of Arann") is a market and industrial town (dairy products, linoleum, etc.) in the south of Ireland, situated in the fertile Golden Vale which extends from Cashel in the east into Limerick county to the west. South of the town extends the long ridge of the Slievenamuck Hills. Its name became widely known in the
popular song "It's a long way to Tipperary" sung by British troops before and during the First World War.
Little is left of the old town. The most notable remains of the past are the chancel arch of a monastic church (13th C.) and the ruins of a 17th C. grammar school. The neo-Gothic parish church dates from the 19th C.
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