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      • Nenagh (Irish: Aonach Urmhumhan or simply An tAonach) meaning “The Fair of Ormond” or simply "The Fair", is the county town and second largest town in County Tipperary in Ireland.
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  2. The full name is Aenach-Urmhumhan [Enagh-urooan] the fair of Ormond or east Munster; and this name is still used by those speaking Irish. « Ned. Newrath ». Book Contents. The meaning of the Irish place name Nenagh, from 'Irish Local Names Explained', by Patrick Weston Joyce.

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      Book Contents - Nenagh - Irish Place Names - Library Ireland

  3. In Samuel Lewis’ Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837), Nenagh, County Tipperary is described as being ‘a market and post town’ and so it remains today. The second largest urban centre in the county, Nenagh owes its origins to the family which for centuries dominated this part of Ireland: the Butlers.

  4. Dún Mhuire is the Irish-language centre in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary and there is an office, a naíonra,an exhibition hall and meeting rooms in the building. Classes are also held here and books and cards can be bought in Dún Mhuire.

  5. The name "Nenagh" is derived from two Gaelic or Irish words; "an" meaning "the" and "aenagh", "fair". The first "a" is dropped in each word, thus giving the anglicised form of "Nenagh". The addition of "Urmhumhan" gives the aenagh or aonach (the modern spelling) a territorial location - the Fair of Ormond/East Munster.

  6. www.askaboutireland.ie › reading-room › sportsNenagh - askaboutireland.ie

    NENAGH - Nenagh Castle "Aonach", the Irish word from which the town derives its name, means "fair", and refers to the circumstances around which the town was founded. It was in and around this area that an ancient fair, known as aonach urmhumhan (Ormond) would have taken place.

  7. Welcome to Ireland Reaching Out Parish of Nenagh. Nenagh and its history. Irish: Aonach Urmhumhan or An tAonach meaning モThe Fair of Ormondヤ. A parish, in the Barony of Ormond Lower, Diocese of Killaloe and County of Tipperary. Nenagh was originally a market town and is today a busy commercial town.

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    Nenagh (/ ˈ n iː n ə / NEE-nə; Irish: Aonach Urmhumhan, meaning 'the Fair of Ormond', or simply An tAonach 'the Fair') is the county town of County Tipperary in Ireland. Nenagh used to be a market town , and the site of the East Munster Ormond Fair.

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