 county tipperary () is a county in ireland. tipperary county council is the local government authority for the county. prior to the local government reform act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections, it was divided into two counties, north tipperary and south tipperary, which were unified on 3 june 2014.tipperary county council tipperary county council, 2014-05-29. quote: "tipperary county council will become an official unified authority on tuesday, 3rd june 2014. the new authority combines the existing administration of north tipperary county council and south tipperary county council." it is located in the province of munster. the county is named after the town of tipperary, and was established in the early thirteenth century, shortly after the norman invasion of ireland. the population of the entire county was 158,754 at the 2011 census.cso census 2011. the largest towns are clonmel, nenagh and thurles. ==geography and political subdivisions==  tipperary is the sixth largest of the 32 counties by area and the 11th largest by population. it is the third largest of munsterâs 
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