Carrick-on-Suir

Carrick-on-Suir

Irish  Carraig na Siúire 

      town, County Tipperary, Ireland, on the River Suir. Located beside the foothills of the Comeraghs and having steep, narrow streets, it is connected with its southern suburb Carrickbeg, in County Waterford, by two bridges across the Suir. Ormonde Castle, begun in 1309, was the seat of the Butlers, the dukes of Ormonde. Anne Boleyn, mother of Elizabeth I of England, is said to have been born there. In the 19th century Carrick-on-Suir was an important manufacturing town. Present industries include textiles, pharmaceuticals, tanning, and leather manufacture. Pop. (2002) 5,542.

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