Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1911-08-12
River, stream and Lake Water
MouDtainside, Meadow and
Valley.
Historic Ruins Are Found I'm
Every Section of This
County.
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central counties of Ireland. IL is
bounded on the north by Galway and
Kings counties. on the east by
Queens county and Kilkenny, on the
south by Cork and Waterford, and
on the west by Limerick and Clare.
The county took its name from the
town Tipperary, and this from a once
celebrated well near the main street
Of the town. The Gaelic name is
pronounced Tubrid-Auran, the well
Of Ara. Tipperary from the eastern
corner Of the Knockmealdown noun
tains to the juncture of the little
Brosnia river with the Shannon is
sixty-six and three-quarters miles
long. It's greatest breadth is forty
three miles, and It has an area of
1859 square miles. The population
Is in the neighborhood of $4,000.
For legal purposes the county is d.
vided into North Riding and South
Riding.
Nearly the entire surface of the
county is mountainous or billy, but
there are stretches of level and beau
tiful plains. The entire middle of
the county is occupied by the mag
nificent plain traversed by the River
SUR. The Golden Vale" containing
the finest land in Ireland, is branch
Of this great central plain; it runs
west from Fethard into Limerick,
confined on the borders of the two
counties by Slievamuck on the south,
and by Slievefelim on the north.
From this 1t sweeps westward to Kill
mallock and Bruree.
Tipperary has many hills and
mountains, but the highest summit
Is Kimalta, sometimes called Keeper
Hill. 1t is fine mountain dome
APIS feet tall. Besides there is the
celebrated DEVILS Bit, five piles
from Templemore. 1t was within
the shadow of the DEVILS Bit that
Thomas Hines, one of Louisville's
truant officers, was born. In the
same region were born the late Capt.
Michael Barry and Mrs. Barry, now
deceased.
There are lots of rivers and
streams in Tipperary. Many of them
are tributary to the beautiful Shan
non. The Brosna, the Little Brosna,
the Bunow, the Ballyfinbay, the
Nenagh. the Newport, the Clare, the
More, the SUR and the Drish are
some of the streams that drain Tip
perary and make fertile her fields.
A portion of Tough Derg belongs to
Tipperary; all the other lakes in the
county are small and unimportant,
but near the summit of Galtymore,
at it's northern side. are two very
remarkable mountain pools, over
topped by precipices, Tough Curra
and Tough Diheen.
Clonmel, a town of about 5000
Inhabitants, is the assize town of the
South Riding. 1t has a great trade
and is one of the most important in
land towns in Ireland. Carrick-op-
SUR. Ardfinnan.- Cahir. Golden, Holy
Cross. Templemore, Fethard, Mullin-
ahone, Borrisoleigh,. Roscrea, Clogh-
Jordan, Cappagh. White, Killenaule,
Cashel and Thurles are all thriving
little towns and villages. The noun
tains of Tipperary have plentiful de-
posits of coal, lead and silver, but
the mines have been neglected for
centuries.
Tipperary has many historic ruins.
But all the ruins of Ireland sink
into insignificance beside the far
famed Rock of Cashel For more
than 1000 years IT was the seat Of
the Kings of Munster In the fifth
century a synod was held there. The
ruin consists of massive Cathedral
founded in the eleventh century,
round tower ninety feet high and
tifty-four feet in circumference; Cor
macs chapel, named after the
Bishop King; a hall for the wears
choir, built In 1921, and an episcopal
palace. Holy Cross Abbey is an
other fine ruin. 1t is on the western
bank of the SUR. eleven miles south
Of Cashel. II was founded in 1882
by Donald O'Brien, King of Limerick,
for the Cistercian monks. II is said
70 owe its origin to the possession of
piece of the true cross, presented
In the year ITO A. ID. by Pope
Pascal III. to Murrough O'Brien,
monarch of ireland. In the old days
the abbey was endowed with special
privileges and the Abbot was a Peer
Of Parliament with the title of Earl
Of the Holy Cross. Another beauty
spot in Tipperary is Thurles with its
grand Cathedral. Thurles was the
scene of great victory OF the Irish
over the Danes in the tenth century.
In 1850 a synod was held In Thurles
under the presidency OF Cardinal
Cullen. at which the Queens Col
leges were condemned and the
foundation of a Catholic University