Nenagh is the largest town in North Tipperary, with a population of 6,0001. It is on the Nenagh River, which empties into Lough Derg at Dromineer, five miles to the north. The Silvermine mountains lie to the south of the town. Nenagh is situated on the N7 Primary Route between Limerick and Dublin. Nenagh was bypassed recently, which took a lot of traffic out of the centre of the town.
Originally a market town (The Gaeilge name for Nenagh is Aonach Urmhumhan, meaning market of Ormonde or East Munster), Nenagh is now a busy commercial town.
Visitors should not miss Nenagh Castle, constructed by the FitzGerald family in 13th Century, and one of the finest of its kind in Ireland. It is over thirty metres high, and has a base of sixteen metres. Also worth a visit is the ruined Franciscan Abbey, which was also built in 1212. It was in use for six hundred years, with Fr. Patrick Harty being the last inhabitant. He died in 1817.