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North Tipperary
North Tipperary is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Mid-West Region and is also located in the province of Munster. It is named after the town of Tipperary and consists of 48% of the land area of the traditional county of Tipperary. The county was established in 1898 and has had a county...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The village is located on the R494
R494 road
The R494 road is a regional road in Ireland which runs southwest-northeast from the N7 at Birdhill, County Tipperary to the N52 at Nenagh - all in County Tipperary...
regional road about 3 km (1.9 mi) from the eastern shore of Lough Derg. It in the barony of Owney and Arra, It is also a parish
Parish
A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...
in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe
Roman Catholic Diocese of Killaloe
The Diocese of Killaloe is a Roman Catholic diocese in mid-western Ireland. It is one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and is subject to the Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly. The diocese is in the secular province of the same name - Munster...
.Mike Litoris is the current Mayor of Portroe.
Sport
- Portroe GAAPortroe GAAPortroe GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association gaelic football and hurling club located in the village of Portroe, eight miles outside Nenagh in North County Tipperary, Ireland...
is the local Gaelic Athletic AssociationGaelic Athletic AssociationThe Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...
club. - Liam SheedyLiam SheedyLiam Sheedy is an Irish former hurler and manager. He played for his local club Portroe and was a member of the Tipperary senior inter-county team from 1997 until 1999...
is former the manager of the Tipperary Hurling team and also a former Tipperary player
Darren ahern is also a major junior c hurler
See also
- List of towns and villages in Ireland