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North Tipperary
Tiobraid Árann Thuaidh
Tipperary (North Riding)
Former County
1899–2014
Location of North Tipperary
CountryIreland
ProvinceMunster
Created1 April 1899
Abolished1 June 2014
County townNenagh
Government
• TypeNorth Tipperary County Council
Area
• Total2,046 km2(790 sq mi)
Population
(2011)
70,322
Car platesTN(1987–2013)

North Tipperary(Irish:Tiobraid Árann Thuaidh) was acountyinIrelandin theprovinceofMunster.It was named after the town ofTipperary(which was inSouth Tipperary) and consisted of 48% of the land area of the traditionalcounty of Tipperary.North Tipperary County Councilwas thelocal authorityfor the county. In 2011, the population of the county was 70,322.[1]

It was abolished on 1 June 2014, amalgamated withSouth Tipperaryto form County Tipperary, administered by a newTipperary County Council.[2][3][4]

Geography and subdivisions[edit]

Keeper Hill

The county was part of the central plain of Ireland, but the diversified terrain contained several mountain ranges: theArra Hills,Silvermine Mountainsand theDevil's Bit.The county waslandlocked.The southern part of the former county is drained by theRiver Suir;the northern part is drained by tributaries of theRiver Shannonwhich widens intoLough Derg.The centre of the county included much of theGolden Vale,a rich pastoral stretch of land in the Suir basin which extends into countiesLimerickandCork.

Its population centres includedNenagh(thecounty town),Borrisoleigh,Templemore,Thurles,andRoscrea.

Baronies[edit]

There were six historicbaroniesin North Tipperary:Eliogarty,Ikerrin,Ormond Upper,Ormond Lower,Owney and ArraandKilnamanagh Upper.

Civil parishes and townlands[edit]

Main article:List of civil parishes of Ireland § Tipperary

Civil parishes in Irelandwere delineated after theDown Surveyas an intermediate subdivision, with multipletownlandsper parish and multiple parishes per barony. The civil parishes had some use in local taxation and were included on the nineteenth century maps of theOrdnance Survey of Ireland.[5]Forpoor lawpurposesdistrict electoral divisionsreplaced the civil parishes in the mid-nineteenth century. There were 86 civil parishes in the county.[6]

Local government[edit]

Lough Derg

The NorthRidinghad existed as a judicial county following the establishment ofassize courtsin 1838. Theadministrative countyofTipperary, North Ridingwas created under theLocal Government (Ireland) Act 1898as the area of the existing judicial county of the North Riding of the county of Tipperary, except for the district electoral divisions of Cappagh, Curraheen and Glengar (which were transferred to the South Riding). It took effect on 1 April 1899.[7][8]

In 2002, the county's name was changed under theLocal Government Act 2001to North Tipperary, and the council's name toNorth Tipperary County Council.[9]The council oversaw the county as a local government area. The council comprised 21 representatives, directly elected through the system ofproportional representationby means of asingle transferable vote(PR-STV).[10]

Under the Regional Authorities established in 1994, North Tipperary was part of theMid-West Region,aNUTS IIIregion of theEuropean Union,whereasSouth Tipperarywas part of theSouth-East Region.[11]At aNUTS IIlevel, both counties were in theSouthern and Easternregion.[12]A revision to the NUTS regions, after the amalgamation of the counties, brought both under the Mid-West Region.[13]

The council also claimed the title ofThe Premier County,[14]a title which was usually taken to refer to the undivided territory of both north and south Tipperary. Following the division of the original county, North Tipperary was not granted its owncoat of arms.

References[edit]

  1. ^Census of Ireland, 2011.Central Statistics Office,"Actual and Percentage Change in Population by Aggregate Town or Rural Area, Sex, Province County or City, Statistical Indicator and Census Year".
  2. ^"Tipperary County Council".29 May 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 6 June 2014.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.
  3. ^Local Government Reform Act 2014,s. 9: Cesser and amalgamation of certain local government areas (No. 1 of 2014, s. 9). Act of theOireachtas.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  4. ^Local Government Reform Act 2014 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 214 of 2014). Signed on 22 May 2014 byPhil Hogan,Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.Statutory Instrument of theGovernment of Ireland.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  5. ^"Interactive map (civil parish boundaries viewable in Historic layer)".Mapviewer.Ordnance Survey of Ireland. Archived fromthe originalon 29 May 2010.Retrieved9 March2010.
  6. ^"Placenames Database of Ireland – Tipperary civil parishes".Archived fromthe originalon 20 September 2012.Retrieved16 June2011.
  7. ^Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898,s. 68: Boundaries of counties, unions, rural districts, and district electoral divisions (61 & 62 Vict., c. 37 of 1898, s. 68). Enacted on 12 August 1898. Act of theUK Parliament.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  8. ^"Orders declaring the boundaries of administrative counties and defining county electoral divisions: County of Tipperary, North Riding".27th Report of the Local Government Board for Ireland (Cmd. 9480).Dublin:Local Government Board for Ireland.1900. p. 312.
  9. ^Local Government Act 2001,s. 10: Local government areas (No. 37 of 2001, s. 10). Enacted on 21 July 2001. Act of theOireachtas.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  10. ^Local Government Act 2001, 7th Sch.: Number of members of local authorities (No. 37 of 2001, 7th Sch.). Enacted on 21 July 2001. Act of theOireachtas.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  11. ^Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order 1993 (S.I. No. 394 of 1993). Signed on 20 December 1993. Statutory Instrument of theGovernment of Ireland.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  12. ^Local Government Act 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order 1999 (S.I. No. 226 of 1999). Signed on 19 July 1999. Statutory Instrument of theGovernment of Ireland.Retrieved fromIrish Statute Book.
  13. ^"Information Note for Data Users: revision to the Irish NUTS 2 and NUTS 3 Regions".CSO.
  14. ^"Introduction to North Tipperary".Archived fromthe originalon 21 January 2011.Retrieved12 July2010.

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