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| | Tipperary Civil Parish, Co. Tipperary |
 | | TIPPERARY, a market-town and a parish, in the barony of Clanwilliam, county of Tipperary, and province of Munster, 18¼ miles (W.N.W.) from Clonmel, and 100¾ (S.W.) from Dublin, on the mail coach road from Waterford to Limerick; containing 7996 inhabitants, of which number, 6972 are in the town. |
 | | The present town is situated on the river Arra, and consists of one principal street, from which several smaller streets branch off at right angles; in 1831 it contained 1042 houses, several of which are well built and of handsome appearance. |
 | | The church, situated in the town was erected in 1830, for which purpose the late Board of First Fruits advanced a loan of £2500, and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £127 for its repair. |
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