Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on -Suir ( Irish: Carraig na Siúire; German as: " The rocks on the Suir ") is a city on the River Suir on the border of three counties in the south ( east ) s of the Republic of Ireland.

The place

The earliest mention of Carrick -on-Suir (originally Carrig Mac Griffin ) dates back to the year 1247 at the time of the Anglo-Norman occupation. Until the 18th century the place was on an island in the River Suir, before he was joined by the deflection small river arms with the country. As the river is subject to the tides in the city and Carrick-on -Suir less than 10 meters above sea level, the city could be affected in the near future by the consequences of global warming.

Carrick-on- Suir, for the most part in the extreme southeast of the county of Tipperary, while smaller parts of the city south of the River Suir also be located in the counties Waterford and Kilkenny. Their population was determined in Census 2006 5,856 persons ( an increase of 5.7% since 2002 correspond ). Politically, Carrick-on -Suir belongs to the Tipperary South constituency.

Transport links

The city lies about midway between Waterford and Clonmel Town on the National Road N24 from Waterford to Limerick Town Town.

With Iarnród Éireann Carrick-on -Suir is connected by Intercity to the railway network in Ireland; to Waterford Town (27 km to the southeast ) Go three daily trains (as of March 2009) together with a variety of bus links.

A riverside walk takes you along a former Treidelkanals Clonmel.

Culture

One as The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, especially in the 1960s, very popular folk music group was at home in Carrick-on -Suir.

Personalities

• John Forrest Kelly (1859-1922), American inventor