Tipperary is an inland county of Ireland in
Munster Province. It is bounded on the north by
County Galway and
County Offaly, on the east by
County Laois and
County Kilkenny, south by
County Waterford and on the west by
Cork,
County Limerick, and
County Clare. It covers an area of about 1640 square miles.
Tipperary is part of the central limestone plain of Ireland, its surface broken by mountains and hills. Keeper Hill is in the west. In the south on the Waterford border at the Knockmealdown Mountains. Tipperary is drained primarily by the Suir, which rises in the county. The River Shannon, with Lough Derg, forms a part of the northwestern boundary. The lowlands of the region are fertile.
Clonmel is the county seat.
