North Tipperary

'''North Tipperary''' ({{lang-ga|Tiobraid Árann Thuaidh}}) is a [[Counties of Ireland|county]] in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. It is part of the [[Mid-West Region, Ireland|Mid-West Region]] and is also located in the [[Provinces of Ireland|province]] of [[Munster]]. It is named after the town of [[Tipperary]] and consists of 48% of the land area of the traditional county of [[County Tipperary|Tipperary]]. The county was established in 1898 and has had a [[county council]] ever since, with separate [[assize court]]s since 1838. [[North Tipperary County Council]] is the [[Local government in the Republic of Ireland|local authority]] for the county.The population of the county is 70219 according to the census of 2011. ==Geography and political subdivisions== [[File:Lough derg.jpg|Lough Derg.|thumb|left]] [[File:KeeperHill.jpg|Keeper Hill|thumb|left]] The region is part of the central plain of Ireland, but the diversified terrain contains several mountain ranges: the [[Arra Hills]], the [[Silvermine]] and the [[Devil's Bit]]. No part of the county touches the coast. The southern part of county is drained by the [[River Suir]]; the northern part is drained by tributaries of the [[River Shannon]] which widens into [[Lough Derg (Shannon)|Lough Derg]]. The centre is known as 'the [[Golden Vale]]', a rich pastoral stretch of land in the Suir basin which extends into counties [[County Limerick|Limerick]] and [[County Cork|Cork]]. Population centres include [[Borrisoleigh]], [[Templemore]], [[Thurles]] and [[Roscrea]]. ===Baronies=== There are six historic [[Barony (Ireland)|baronies]] in North Tipperary: [[Eliogarty]], [[ Ikerrin]], [[Ormond Upper]], [[Ormond Lower]], [[Owney and Arra]] and [[Kilnamanagh Upper]]. ===Civil parishes and townlands=== {{Main|List of civil parishes of North Tipperary}} [[Civil parishes in Ireland]] were delineated after the [[Down Survey]] as an intermediate subdivision, with multiple [[townland]]s per parish and multiple parishes per barony. The [[civil parish]]es had some use in local taxation and were included on the nineteenth century maps of the [[Ordnance Survey of Ireland]]. For [[poor law]] purposes [[District Electoral Divisions]] replaced the civil parishes in the mid-nineteenth century. There are 86 civil parishes in the county. == Politics and local government == The administrative county of '''Tipperary (North Riding)''' was established in 1898 and continued in existence until 2002. The area also had a separate existence as a judicial county following the establishment of [[assize court]]s in 1838. The council's name changed to [[North Tipperary County Council]] under the [[Local Government Act 2001]]. The Council oversees the county as an independent local government area. Per Schedule 8 of the same Act, the Council resolved to give to the office of its chairperson and vice-chairperson the title of “Mayor” or “Deputy Mayor”, respectively. The Council is made up of 21 representatives, directly elected through the system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote. The present Council was elected at the local elections held in June 2004. The functions of the Council are divided into reserved and executive functions. Reserved functions are carried out by the members and relate primarily to policy issues, including the county development plan and the annual budget. Executive functions are the responsibility of the county manager. These include the day to day administration of services. Under the provisions of the ''Local Government Act 1991, (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order'', 1993, the territory of North Tipperary is defined as being in the [[Mid-West Region, Ireland|Mid-West Region]]. This region is a [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS III]] region of the [[European Union]]. The county of [[South Tipperary]], by contrast, is part of the [[South-East Region, Ireland|South-East Region]]. At a [[Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics|NUTS II]] level, both counties are in the [[Southern and Eastern]] region. The county forms the bulk of the constituency of [[Tipperary North (Dáil Éireann constituency)|Tipperary North]] along with portions of counties South Tipperary and [[County Offaly|Offaly]]. The constituency returns 3 deputies to [[Dáil Éireann]]. For elections to the [[European Parliament]], the county is part of the [[South (European Parliament constituency)|South]] constituency which returns 3 [[Member of the European Parliament|MEPs]]. The Council also claims the title of ''The Premier County'', a title which was usually taken to refer to the undivided territory of both north and south Tipperary. Following the split with the original count, North Tipperary was never granted its own [[List of Irish counties' coats of arms|coat of arms]]. == External links == * [http://www.tipperarynorth.ie/ North Tipperary County Council] * [http://www.tipptatler.com/ Tipp Tatler magazine] {{Ireland counties}} {{Local administrative units of Ireland}} {{North Tipperary}} {{coord missing|County Tipperary}}