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County in Ireland
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County Tipperary (Irish: Contae Thiobraid Árann) is a county in the Mid-West or Shannon Region of Ireland, historically part of the province of Munster. It's low-lying, fertile and extensive: to paraphrase the familiar tune, "it's a long way from one end of Tipperary to the other". It was therefore divided into two tidings, with the north governed from Nenagh and the south from Clonmel. In 2014 the ridings were abolished and it became a single county, with those two towns continuing to share the county role. Tipperary town has never been the county seat.
By train
The main railway line crosses the county, with trains every hour or two from Dublin Heuston via Kildare and Portlaoise to Thurles (75 min) and Limerick Junction just outside Tipperary (90 min).e.
By bus
Expressway X12 runs hourly from Dublin Airport and Busáras via Portlaoise to Roscrea and Nenagh, continuing to Limerick.
By road
From Dublin take N7 onto M7 (the section to Naas hasn't yet been upgraded to motorway) past Kildare and Portlaoise.
Mainline trains connect Thurles and Tipperary, though the latter's mainline station is 3 km from town. Branch line services are sparse, see above.
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