Tipperary Genealogy Tours
My Ireland Heritage find your Ancestors and exact house location from the 1700’s to the late 1800’s, and all available records in Ireland. We are an Irish family business dedicated to assisting you in your Irish Genealogy research for your roots and records of your family history of past generations in Galway, as well as providing you with a once in a lifetime Irish Genealogy tour experience to visit your families original family house and Walk in the Footsteps of your Irish Ancestors.
Sean and the Team at My Ireland Heritage are a Government certified & approved Genealogy & Touring Company, and will personally guide you on the journey into your Irish ancestry to any County in Ireland.
Many companies are genealogy research only, many companies are touring companies only, we at My Ireland Family Heritage are proud to be able to encompass your research and tour together enabling us to work with you throughout the process to customize your tour with you and for you. To achieve a full genealogy tour experience consider adding one of our one-day historical tours.
Our Tours
Our Ancestral Townland Experience Tours
County Tipperary is Ireland’s largest inland county, its rich farmland long supporting substantial tenant farming communities, particularly in the fertile Golden Vale that stretches toward Limerick. Tipperary’s history includes the Rock of Cashel, one of Ireland’s most significant historic sites, and a farming tradition detailed enough that estate and rent records often survive alongside standard parish registers, offering an additional layer of information for research.
Because Tipperary is so large, it’s effectively divided in genealogical terms between its northern and southern ridings, each with its own set of parishes and record repositories, and confirming which part of the county your family came from is an important early step. As with every county, the civil parish on an old record doesn’t always match the church your family actually attended, and we work through this carefully before identifying the specific graveyard and townland.
A Tipperary tour can combine the Rock of Cashel and the county’s market towns with a drive through the Golden Vale’s farmland to your family’s own townland, a fitting way to experience both Tipperary’s historic landmarks and the quieter, personal farming landscape your ancestors actually lived and worked in.
- Tipperary has 12 Baronies
- Tipperary has 195 Civil Parishes
- Tipperary has 177 Electoral Divisions
- Tipperary has 3141 Townlands
- Tipperary has 199 Sub townlands
County Tipperary, between 1898 and 2014 County Tipperary was divided into two counties, North Tipperary and South Tipperary, which were unified under the Local Government Reform Act 2014, which came into effect following the 2014 local elections on 3 June 2014. It is located in the province of Munster. The county was established in the early thirteenth century, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland. The population of the entire county was 160,441 at the 2016 census.
The town is a medieval foundation and became a population centre in the early 13th century. The Rock of Cashel was the Seat of the High Kings of Munster including Brian Boru victorious at the Battle of Clontarf against the Vikings 1014 ad.
Tipperary is the sixth largest of the 32 counties and the region is part of the central plain of Ireland, but the diverse terrain contains several mountain ranges: the Knockmealdown, the Galtee, the Arra Hills and the Silvermine Mountains. Most of the county is drained by the River Suir; the north-western part by tributaries of the River Shannon; the eastern part by the River Nore; the south-western corner by the Munster Blackwater. No part of the county touches the coast.
Family Dynasties 1500-1600 AD
- Irish – Ryan, O’Meara, O Grady
- Norman – Burke
- Scottish – None
- Viking – None
County Tipperary – Things to do and may be possible to include within your Ancestral Townland Experience Tour
- Ireland Ancient East
- Hore Abbey (Cashel)
- Cahir Castle
- Rock of Cashel (Cashel)
- St. Patrick’s Well (Clonmel)
- Mitchelstown Cave (Cahir)
- Glen of Aherlow (Tipperary)
- Brian Boru Cultural Centre (Cashel)
- Holy Cross Abbey (Tipperary)
- Leap castle
- Nenagh Castle (Nenagh)
- Portumna Famine Workhouse Centre
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Tipperary divided into north and south ridings for research purposes?
Tipperary’s large size led to it historically being administered as two ridings, each with somewhat separate record-keeping, so confirming which part of the county your family is from helps focus the research.
Are Tipperary's farming records particularly detailed?
In many areas, yes, given the productivity of land like the Golden Vale, which supported more substantial estate and tenancy record-keeping.
Can a Tipperary tour include the Rock of Cashel?
Yes, this is a natural addition to a Tipperary-based tour, alongside your family’s specific parish and townland.
