Nenagh

Nenagh, the largest town in northern County Tipperary, lies to the west of the Nenagh River, which empties into Lough Derg at Dromineer, 9 km to the north-west, a centre for sailing and other water sports.{{cite web|url=http://www.nenagh.ie/places.htm|title=Nenagh Places to Visit|access-date=13 May 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080612005020/http://www.nenagh.ie/places.htm|archive-date=12 June 2008|df=dmy-all}} The Silvermine Mountain range lies to the south of the town, with the highest peak being Keeper Hill ({{langx|ga|Sliabh Coimeálta}}) at 694 m.{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=8999|title=Keeper Hill|access-date=13 May 2008|archive-date=7 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100207224649/http://peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=8999|url-status=live}} The Silvermines have been intermittently mined for silver and base metals for over seven hundred years. Traces of 19th century mine workings remain.{{cite web|url=http://www.mhti.com/mines_in_ireland_files/silvermines.htm|title=Silvermines|access-date=13 May 2008|archive-date=17 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117033640/http://www.mhti.com/mines_in_ireland_files/silvermines.htm|url-status=live}}

{{climate chart

| Nenagh, Ireland

| 3 | 8 | 51.2

| 3 | 8 | 43.3

| 4 | 10 | 36.5

| 5 | 12 | 36.3

| 7 | 15 | 33.2

| 10 | 18 | 38.6

| 12 | 19 | 34.8

| 12 | 19 | 39.7

| 10 | 17 | 39.7

| 7 | 13 | 58.3

| 5 | 10 | 43.4

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The area has a mild climate, with the average daily maximum in July of 19 °C and the average daily minimum in January of 3 °C.

Nenagh is in the Barony of Ormond Lower, which was the traditional territory of the O'Kennedys before the Norman invasion of Ireland. This land was included in the grant made by King John of England to Theobald, the eldest son of Hervey Walter of Lancashire, England. Theobald was subsequently appointed "Chief Butler of Ireland".{{cite book | last = Murphy | first = Nancy | title = Walkabout Nenagh| publisher = Relay Books| year = 1994| isbn = 0-946327-12-2 }}

{{Historical populations

|state=collapsed

| 1821|6335

| 1831|8466

| 1841|8618

| 1851|6818

| 1861|6204

| 1871|5696

| 1881|5422

| 1891|4722

| 1901|4704

| 1911|4776

| 1926|4524

| 1936|4902

| 1946|4516

| 1951|4420

| 1956|4568

| 1961|4317

| 1966|4609

| 1971|5174

| 1981|5871

| 1986|5777

| 1991|5825

| 1996|5913

| 2002|6054

| 2006|7751

| 2011|7995

| 2016|8968

| 2022|9895

| footnote={{cite web | url = http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EC0BF1F2-383B-4F19-8954-BAF0D598D388 | title = Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Nenagh | publisher = Central Statistics Office (Ireland) | access-date = 22 April 2019 | archive-date = 29 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181129013041/http://census.cso.ie/sapmap2016/Results.aspx?Geog_Type=ST2016&Geog_Code=EC0BF1F2-383B-4F19-8954-BAF0D598D388 | url-status = live }}http://www.cso.ie/census {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100920090850/http://cso.ie/census/ |date=20 September 2010 }} and www.histpop.org. Post 1991 figures include environs of Nenagh. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see J. J. Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (Nov. 1984), pp. 473–488.

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Nenagh Castle was built {{circa|1216}} and was the main castle of the Butler family before they moved to Gowran, County Kilkenny in the 14th century. The family later purchased Kilkenny Castle, which was to be the main seat of their power for the next 500 years. The town was one of the ancient manors of the Butlers, who received the grant of a fair from Henry VIII of England. They also founded the medieval priory and hospital of St John the Baptist, just outside the town, at Tyone. A small settlement grew up around the castle, but it never seems to have been of any great importance other than as a local market throughout the medieval period.Brian Hodkinson, In search of Medieval Nenagh, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 46, 2006, pp. 31–41 An important Franciscan friary was founded in the town in 1252 in the reign of Henry III of England, which became the head of the Irish custody of West Ireland and was one of the richest religious houses in Ireland. The Abbey was in use for six hundred years; Fr. Patrick Harty, who died in 1817, was its last inhabitant.

In the rebellion of 1641 Nenagh Castle was garrisoned by George Hamilton for James Butler, the twelfth Earl of Ormonde (later the first Duke). It was taken by Phelim O'Neill in 1648 during Owen Roe's journey south via the silver mines but was re-taken by Murrough O'Brien, 1st Earl of Inchiquin in the same year and George Hamilton was back again as governor to face Major-General Henry Ireton and Colonel Daniel Abbott in 1650. After a short siege he surrendered on articles and was allowed to march out — not being hung out of the top window as asserted by many writers following an error apparently first made by a writer in the "Dublin Penny Journal" in 1833. Abbott then became governor for the Cromwellians and withstood attacks on the Castle both by Colonel Grace from Birr and a Captain Loghlen O'Meara of a local family who defeated his forces in an engagement close by and forced them to take shelter in the Castle. After the Restoration, Sir William Flower came along in 1660 on behalf of the Marchioness of Ormond, who had the ownership of the Manor on her marriage settlements.{{cite journal |author=Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |year=1925 |title=The castle and manor of Nenach |journal=The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland |publisher=The Society |page=257}}

The last Marquess (James Butler) died in 1997. Without a male heir, the marquessate became extinct, while the earldom is dormant.

The town seems to have been refounded in the 16th century. In 1550, the town and friary were burned by O'Carroll. In 1641 the town was captured by Red Owen O'Neill, but shortly afterwards it was recaptured by Lord Inchiquin. It surrendered to Ireton in 1651 during the Cromwellian period and was burned by Patrick Sarsfield in 1688 during the Williamite Wars. Apart from the Castle and Friary, most of the town's buildings date from the mid-18th century onward when its sale out of Butler ownership led to the large-scale grant of leases and the subsequent growth of industries and buildings. The town's growth and development was accelerated in 1838 when the geographical county of Tipperary was divided into two ridings and Nenagh became the administrative capital of the North Riding. In this period Daniel O'Connell held one of his Monster meetings for Repeal of the Act of Union at Grange outside of Nenagh.

In the 19th century, Nenagh was primarily a market town, providing services to the agricultural hinterland. Industries included brewing, corn processing, coach building and iron works with the addition of cottage industries such as tailoring, dressmaking, millinery, shoemaking, carpentry, wood-turning, wheelwrighting, harnessmaking, printing, and monumental sculpting. In the middle of the 19th century, Nenagh was affected by the Famine.{{Cite book|author=Grace, D.|year=2000|title=The Famine in Nenagh Poor Law Union|publisher=Nenagh: Relay}} The Nenagh Co-operative Creamery was established in 1914 providing employment in milk processing and butter-making.

The town is part of the nine-member municipal district of Nenagh for elections to Tipperary County Council and is part of the Tipperary constituency. Nenagh was the county town of the former county of North Tipperary, abolished in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/news/tipperary-county-council |title=Tipperary County Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606211104/http://www.tipperarycoco.ie/news/tipperary-county-council |archive-date=6 June 2014 |date=29 May 2014 |quote=Tipperary County Council will become an official unified authority on Tuesday, 3rd June 2014. The new authority combines the existing administration of North Tipperary County Council and South Tipperary County Council.}}

The town's historic features include Nenagh Castle, the Heritage Centre and the ruined Franciscan abbey.

=== Nenagh Castle ===

File:Nenagh Castle.jpg

This Norman keep was built {{circa|1200}} by Theobald Walter, 1st Baron Butler and completed by his son Theobald le Botiller c1220.{{cite book | last = Murphy | first = Nancy | title = Nenagh Castle: Chronology and Architecture | publisher = Relay Books | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-946327-10-6 }}

The circular keep is over thirty metres high, and its base has a diameter of sixteen metres. It is one of the finest of its kind in Ireland. The crown of crenellations and ring of clerestory windows were added at the instigation of Bishop Michael Flannery in 1861. The intention was that the keep would become the Bell tower of a Pugin-designed cathedral that was never built. The keep now features on the logos of a number of local clubs and businesses including Nenagh Town Council.{{cite web|url=http://www.nenaghtc.ie/index.html|title=Nenagh Town Council – Homepage|website=nenaghtc.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918131736/http://www.nenaghtc.ie/index.html|archive-date=18 September 2008|url-status=dead|access-date=27 October 2008|df=dmy-all}} The castle and grounds were extensively renovated between 2009 and 2013. This project was aimed to position the castle as a key tourist attraction in the area. It is now open to the public.{{Cite web |url=http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/nenaghcastle/ |title=Nenagh Castle | website = heritageireland.ie |access-date=22 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329112137/http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/nenaghcastle/ |archive-date=29 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.nenagh.ie/places-of-interest/details/nenagh-castle|title=Nenagh Castle |website=nenagh.ie|access-date=22 January 2016|archive-date=18 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160118165003/http://www.nenagh.ie/places-of-interest/details/nenagh-castle|url-status=live}}

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The old jail, with its octagonal governor's residence, is now a historic monument. Only one jail block remains intact. The Governor's Residence and jail gatehouse house Nenagh & District Heritage Centre.

Nenagh Courthouse was built in 1843 to the design of architect John B. Keane. The design was similar to his previous courthouse in Tullamore, which in turn followed William Morrison's designs for Carlow and Tralee. In 2002, the grounds of the refurbished courthouse became the site of bronze sculptures of Matt McGrath, Bob Tisdall and Johnny Hayes, three Olympic gold medalists with Nenagh links.{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/nenagh-is-to-celebrate-in-bronze-its-gold-medal-olympians-1.304933?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnenagh-is-to-celebrate-in-bronze-its-gold-medal-olympians-1.304933|title=Nenagh is to celebrate in bronze its gold medal Olympians|date=28 April 2001|publisher=Irish Times|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115234206/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/nenagh-is-to-celebrate-in-bronze-its-gold-medal-olympians-1.304933?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnenagh-is-to-celebrate-in-bronze-its-gold-medal-olympians-1.304933|url-status=live}} After the county council moved to their new Civic Offices in 2005, the courthouse was subsequently refurbished.{{cite web|url=https://www.dugganbrothers.ie/project/nenagh-courthouse/|title=Nenagh Courthouse|publisher=Duggan Brothers|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-date=15 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115235331/https://www.dugganbrothers.ie/project/nenagh-courthouse/|url-status=live}}

File:Banba Square.JPG (formerly the Town Hall) in Banba Square]]

Nenagh Arts Centre (formerly the Town Hall) is a distinctive building built in 1895. It was refurbished and now features a theatre and multi-purpose exhibition space.Nenagh Guardian, Saturday 25 September 2010 page 11 Until 2005, it housed the offices of Nenagh Town Council and, up until the 1980s, Nenagh Public library. The building was designed by the then Town Engineer Robert Gill (father of Tomás Mac Giolla).

St Mary's of the Rosary Catholic Church is a neo-gothic church and was built in 1895 to a design by architect Walter G Doolin.{{cite book| last = Cotter| first = Rev. Pat| title = St. Mary's of the Rosary, Nenagh, 1896–1990 | year = 1990}} It was constructed by John Sisk using Lahorna stone and Portroe slate with the Portland stone of the arches being the only imported material.

The adjacent St Mary's Church of Ireland Church was built in 1862 to a design by the architect Joseph Welland (1798–1860) and features a stained glass window from the studio of Harry Clarke.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie|title=Home: Buildings of Ireland: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|website=www.buildingsofireland.ie|access-date=31 May 2010|archive-date=22 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122051711/http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/|url-status=live}} The building is striking in its simplicity in contrast to its larger and more ornate neighbour.

The town also contains the ruins of a Franciscan Friary, where the Annals of Nenagh were written and the medieval Priory of St John on the outskirts of the town at Tyone.

The new Civic Offices on the Limerick Road house Tipperary County Council offices. Designed by ABK Architects, the building won international recognition for its design.{{cite web|url=http://www.paddi.net/?func=display_document&document_id=20353|title=North Tipperary County Council Civic Offices|publisher=Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland|access-date=15 November 2019|archive-date=1 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001142407/https://www.paddi.net/?func=display_document&document_id=20353|url-status=live}}

Nenagh Hospital, known locally as St. Joseph's Hospital, located on the Thurles Road (c1940). It is the only general hospital in north Tipperary. Built in the International Style of mostly flat roof and rendered walls, the hospital was retro-fitted with uPVC windows at a later date. There is an adjoining mortuary church with notable mosaics and stained glass.{{cite web|url=http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN®no=22305109|title=Nenagh Hospital|publisher=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage|website=www.buildingsofireland.ie|access-date=24 May 2019|archive-date=12 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180212201503/http://www.buildingsofireland.ie/niah/search.jsp?type=record&county=TN®no=22305109|url-status=live}}

Nenagh is situated on the R445 Regional Road, which links it to the M7. The M7 by-passes the town to the south and provides access to the cities of Limerick and Dublin. The N52 National Secondary Route to Birr (and through the Midlands to Dundalk) starts/terminates south of Nenagh, at a junction with the M7. This route also bypasses Nenagh to the north and connects with the M7 to the west of the town, towards Limerick.

Nenagh is connected to other main towns and cities by bus services. The main carriers are JJ Kavanagh and Sons, Bus Éireann and Bernard Kavanagh & Sons.{{cite web |url=http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/en/timetables/scheduled-services |title=Bus service from Dublin Airport to Clonmel, Waterford, Naas, Carlow, Royal Oak, Paustown, Kilkenny |access-date=2011-11-01 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110202721/http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/en/timetables/scheduled-services |archive-date=10 November 2011 |df=dmy-all }}{{cite web|url=http://www.buseireann.ie|title=Bus Éireann – View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets|website=www.buseireann.ie|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=30 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161130235044/http://www.buseireann.ie/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bkavcoaches.com/html/timetable.html|title=Scheduled Bus Timetables Ireland – Bernard Kavanagh & Sons|website=www.bkavcoaches.com|access-date=2 January 2012|archive-date=8 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208081633/http://www.bkavcoaches.com/html/timetable.html|url-status=live}} Both JJ Kavanagh and Sons and Bus Éireann now offer services 24 hours a day to Dublin and Limerick with JJ Kavanagh buses offering direct services to both Dublin and Shannon airports.{{cite web|url=http://www.jjkavanagh.ie/timetables|title=Timetables Sample -|access-date=25 May 2012|archive-date=22 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522023006/http://jjkavanagh.ie/timetables|url-status=live}} The town centre bus stops are located at Banba Square. Nenagh railway station is also served infrequently by a small number of journeys on Bus Éireann route 323.{{cite web |url=http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1319729592-323.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120412152941/http://www.buseireann.ie/pdf/1319729592-323.pdf |archive-date=12 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }} Local Link Tipperary operates bus service 854 between Nenagh and Roscrea with intermediate stops in stops in Toomevara, Moneygall, Cloughjordan and Shinrone. The service operates seven days a week with three departures in each direction.

{{cite web |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news/roundup/articles/2019/09/19/4179895-new-daily-services-from-local-link/ |title=The Nenagh Guardian - New daily services from Local Link |publisher=Nenaghguardian.ie |date=2019-09-19 |access-date=2019-11-15 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929120213/https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news/roundup/articles/2019/09/19/4179895-new-daily-services-from-local-link/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |author=Local Link Tipperary |url=http://locallinktipperary.ie/2019/09/17/local-link-tipperary-announces-2-new-daily-bus-services/ |title=Local Link Tipperary announces 2 New Daily Bus Services - Local Link Tipperary |date=17 September 2019 |publisher=Locallinktipperary.ie |access-date=2019-11-15 |archive-date=29 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190929120211/http://locallinktipperary.ie/2019/09/17/local-link-tipperary-announces-2-new-daily-bus-services/ |url-status=live }}

Nenagh railway station is on the Limerick to Ballybrophy line. Passengers can connect at Ballybrophy to trains heading northeast to Dublin or southwest to Cork or Tralee. The station opened on 5 October 1863.{{cite web | title=Nenagh station | work=Railscot – Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=7 September 2007 | archive-date=26 September 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926042407/http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | url-status=live }}

A committee (the Nenagh Rail Steering Committee) working in conjunction with Irish Railway News, had a meeting with the national railway company Iarnród Éireann (IÉ) on 1 September 2005 to present the results of a traffic study funded by Nenagh Town Council and North Tipperary County Council, and to seek a morning and evening service between Nenagh and Limerick which would increase commuter traffic. IÉ agreed to delay an afternoon service from the December 2005 timetable and to work towards an early service when equipment permitted from 2007. A January 2012 national newspaper article suggested that Irish Rail was expected to seek permission from the National Transport Authority to close the line.{{cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-20178779.html|title=Iarnród Éireann may close rail service amid falling demand|work=Irish Examiner|first=Seán|last=McCárthaigh|date=2 January 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606144408/http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/iarnrod-eireann-may-close-rail-service-amid-falling-demand-178779.html|archive-date=6 June 2012}}

Nenagh is only 37 km from Thurles, which is on the main Dublin/Cork line, and which has around 18 trains daily in each direction, including non-stop services to and from Dublin. However, there are only two buses each weekday from Nenagh to Thurles (and vice versa).{{cite web |url=http://shamrockbuses.com/Templemore_Thurles_Nenagh.htm |title=The Shamrock Bus Co - Bringing people together |access-date=2012-01-02 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426085921/http://shamrockbuses.com/Templemore_Thurles_Nenagh.htm |archive-date=26 April 2012 |df=dmy-all }}

Nenagh Éire Óg is the local Gaelic Athletic Association club and has had a number of successes in County Championships in both football and hurling, winning the County Senior Hurling Championship in 1995. The club has also been represented on Senior All-Ireland winning Tipperary hurling teams by Mick Darcy (1925), Jack Darcy (1925), John McGrath (1958), Mick Burns (1958, 1961, 1962, 1964 & 1965), Michael Cleary (1989 & 1991), Conor O’Donovan (1989 & 1991), John Heffernan (1989), Hugh Maloney (2010), Michael Heffernan (2010), Barry Heffernan (2016 & 2019), Dáire Quinn (2016) and Jake Morris (2019).{{Cite web |title=Nenagh Éire Óg - About Us |url=https://www.nenagheireog.com/index.php/who-we-are |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Nenagh Éire Óg}}

Rugby Union club Nenagh Ormond RFC was the first club in County Tipperary to gain senior status by being promoted to the third division of the Rugby AIB League in 2005. The All-Ireland League club has produced three full Irish International players: Tony Courtney in the 1920s and more recently Trevor Hogan, Cronan Gleeson and Donnacha Ryan.{{cite web|url=http://www.nenaghormondrfc.com/History.htm|title=Nenagh Ormond History|access-date=19 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081206091642/http://www.nenaghormondrfc.com/History.htm|archive-date=6 December 2008|url-status=dead}}

Nenagh is home to Nenagh A.F.C. (1951) and Nenagh Celtic F.C. (1981). Nenagh A.F.C.'s home grounds are Brickfields and Islandbawn. Nenagh Celtic's home ground is the VEC grounds. Nenagh Celtic have won a number of titles in their history.{{Citation needed|date=July 2009}}

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The local athletic club Nenagh Olympic were named after three men (Johnny Hayes, Matt McGrath and Bob Tisdall) with Nenagh connections who won Olympic gold medals and the badge of the club is three interlocking Olympic Rings in green, white and orange. A statue of the three has been erected in Banba Square in the grounds of the Courthouse. The club has produced athletes like Gary Ryan, who represented Ireland at the Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/gary-ryan-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024115/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ry/gary-ryan-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|access-date=19 February 2009}} The club also possesses Ireland's first and to date only international standard indoor athletics track at Tyone.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}} Many championships are held there including Munster championships and all Ireland championships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.athleticsireland.ie/statistics/natchampions_in.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314154046/http://www.athleticsireland.ie/statistics/natchampions_in.htm|url-status=dead|title=Athletics Ireland|archive-date=14 March 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://sindar.net/iuaa/results/venue/9/|title=Venue: Nenagh Olympic Stadium|website=sindar.net|access-date=22 October 2008|archive-date=11 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011050713/http://sindar.net/iuaa/results/venue/9/|url-status=live}}

Nenagh Golf Club, located at Beechwood on the "Old Birr Road", was affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland in 1929. The original 9-hole course was designed by Alister McKenzie, who, along with Bobby Jones, designed the legendary Augusta National. The course was expanded to 18 holes by Eddie Hackett in 1973. The course was expanded to {{convert|150|acre|km2}} during the 1980s and 1990s, and redevelopment to a new design by Patrick Merrigan was completed in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.nenaghgolfclub.com/aboutUs.htm|title=Nenagh Golf Club|publisher=nenaghgolfclub.com|access-date=6 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211231755/http://nenaghgolfclub.com/aboutUs.htm|archive-date=11 February 2009|url-status=dead}}

Nenagh is a hub on the North Tipperary Cycle Network,{{cite web|url=http://www.tipperary.com/im_visiting/nenagh_cycle_hub/|title=Nenagh Cycle Hub|website=tipperary.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131226192217/http://www.tipperary.com/im_visiting/nenagh_cycle_hub/|archive-date=26 December 2013}} and several signposted cycling routes leave and loop back to the town.{{cite web|url=http://www.everytrail.com/guide/north-tipperary-cycle-routes-loop-1-nenagh-to-terryglass|title=Nenagh to Terryglass Cycling Tour|website=AllTrails.com|access-date=26 December 2013|archive-date=14 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214233217/http://www.everytrail.com/guide/north-tipperary-cycle-routes-loop-1-nenagh-to-terryglass|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.everytrail.com/guide/north-tipperary-cycle-routes-loop-2-nenagh-to-garrykennedy|title=Nenagh to Garrykennedy Cycling Tour|website=AllTrails.com|access-date=26 December 2013|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215005130/http://www.everytrail.com/guide/north-tipperary-cycle-routes-loop-2-nenagh-to-garrykennedy|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.everytrail.com/guide/north-tipperary-cycle-routes-loop-3-nenagh-to-cloughjordan-and-borrisokane|title=Nenagh to Cloughjordan and Borrisokane Cycling Tour|website=AllTrails.com|access-date=26 December 2013|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215004450/http://www.everytrail.com/guide/north-tipperary-cycle-routes-loop-3-nenagh-to-cloughjordan-and-borrisokane|url-status=live}} The Nenagh Triathlon Club, formed in 2007, organises an annual North tipp Sprint Triathlon.[http://www.irishtriathlon.com/race-calendar-ireland/event/nenagh-triathlon-north-tipp-pool-tri/ Nenagh Triathlon – North Tipp (Pool Tri)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130907222004/http://www.irishtriathlon.com/race-calendar-ireland/event/nenagh-triathlon-north-tipp-pool-tri/ |date=7 September 2013 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.nenaghtriathlon.com |title=Nenagh Triathlon Club | Triathlon Ireland |publisher=Nenaghtriathlon.com |access-date=27 October 2008 |archive-date=22 December 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081222101220/http://www.nenaghtriathlon.com/ |url-status=live }}

The World Taekwondo Association Ireland also has its Irish headquarters in Nenagh.{{cite web|url=http://www.world-taekwondo.org/|title=Welcome to World Taekwondo Association|website=world-taekwondo.org|access-date=2 October 2020|archive-date=1 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101031119/http://www.world-taekwondo.org/|url-status=live}} Other sports organisations include the Nenagh And District Darts League,{{cite web |url=http://nenaghdarts.blogspot.ie/ |title=Nenagh And District Darts |publisher=nenaghdarts.blogspot.ie/ |access-date=22 September 2012 |archive-date=6 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006030849/http://nenaghdarts.blogspot.ie/ |url-status=live }} and Nenagh Cricket Club (which is a member of the Munster Cricket Union and plays in the Munster Cricket League).{{cite web |url=http://nenaghcricketclub.com/ |title=Nenagh Cricket Club |publisher=nenaghcricketclub.ie/ |access-date=18 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224040342/http://www.nenaghcricketclub.com/ |archive-date=24 February 2013 |df=dmy-all }}

• 20px Tonnerre in the Yonne département, France{{cite web |url=http://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news-detail.php?article=EBBTSI |title=The Nenagh Guardian |access-date=2011-07-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001075042/http://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news-detail.php?article=EBBTSI |archive-date=1 October 2011 |df=dmy-all }}

{{See also|Category:People from Nenagh}}

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• J.D. Bernal (1901–1971) – scientist{{cite news |last=Maye |first=Brian |date=30 August 2021 |title=John Desmond Bernal: Molecular biologist, committed communist, Tipperary native |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/john-desmond-bernal-molecular-biologist-committed-communist-tipperary-native-1.4660105 |work=Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Michael Cleary – hurling player{{cite web|url=http://www.tipperaryathletics.com/forms/2017/Tipperary%20Athlete%20--%20Mick%20Cleary.pdf|title=Michael Cleary|publisher=Tipperary Athletics|access-date=16 November 2019|archive-date=27 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927164618/http://www.tipperaryathletics.com/forms/2017/Tipperary%20Athlete%20--%20Mick%20Cleary.pdf|url-status=live}}
• Patrick Roger Cleary (1858–1948) – founder of Cleary University in the United States{{cite web |url=https://aadl.org/ypsigleanings/15183 |title=Patrick Roger (P.R.) Cleary |author= |website=aadl.org |publisher=Ann Arbor District Library |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Patrick Collison – co-founder of Stripe, Inc.{{cite news |author= |date=30 June 2022 |title=Nenagh billionaire Patrick Collison ties the knot with childhood sweetheart in Italy |url=https://www.nenaghlive.ie/news/home/848982/nenagh-billionaire-patrick-collison-ties-the-knot-with-childhood-sweetheart-in-italy.html |work=Nenagh Live |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• E. J. Conway (1894–1968) – biochemist at UCD, FRS and Boyle Medal recipient{{cite news |author= |date=30 November 2020 |title=EJ Conway - Nenagh's 'great Irish scientist' |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2020/11/30/ej-conway-nenaghs-great-irish-scientist/ |work=Nenagh Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Michael Courtney (1945–2003) – Papal Nuncio to Burundi, assassinated 29 December 2003{{cite news |author= |date=3 January 2004 |title=A private man whose view was formed by awareness of suffering |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/a-private-man-whose-view-was-formed-by-awareness-of-suffering-1.1128778 |work=Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• James Cross (1921–2021) – overseas diplomat{{cite news |last=McGreevy |first=Ronan |date=16 February 2021 |title=Lives Lost to Covid-19: James Cross once saw his death announced live on TV |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/people/lives-lost-to-covid-19-james-cross-once-saw-his-death-announced-live-on-tv-1.4486367 |work=Irish Times |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• John Dominic Crossan – religious scholar in the fields of biblical archaeology, anthropology and New Testament textual and higher criticism{{cite web |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Dominic-Crossan |title=John Dominic Crossan |last=Turner |first=Darrell J. |website=britannica.com |publisher=Britannica |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Patrick Donohoe (1820–1876) – Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross{{cite news |author= |date=21 January 2022 |title=Nenagh war hero's medals for auction |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2022/01/21/nenagh-war-heros-medals-for-auction/ |work=Nenagh Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• John Doyle – journalist with Canada's The Globe and Mail{{cite news |author= |date=21 June 2003 |title=Personality Profile |url=https://www.independent.ie/news/personality-profile/27443858.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Bernadette Flynn – Irish dancer{{cite news |author= |date=7 August 2004 |title=Nenaghs princess of dance has the world at her feet |url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexford/new-ross-news/nenaghs-princess-of-dance-has-the-world-at-her-feet/27440030.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• T. P. Gill (1858–1931) – MP of the Irish Parliamentary Party and agriculture pioneer{{cite web |url=https://www.parliament.uk/about/living-heritage/evolutionofparliament/legislativescrutiny/parliamentandireland/collections/easter-rising-1916/t-p-gill-department-of-agriculture-and-technical-instruction-dublin-to-mr-asquith/ |title=Notes by T P Gill sent to Asquith 20 May 1916 |author= |website=parliament.uk |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Julian Gough – novelist and singer with Toasted Heretic{{cite news |author= |date=19 December 2022 |title=Nenagh author's Minecraft link |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2022/12/19/nenagh-authors-minecraft-link/ |work=Nenagh Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Johnny Hayes (1886–1965) – Olympic marathon gold-medalist{{cite web |url=https://www.academia.edu/13335750/1908_Biography_Johnny_Hayes_Olympics |title=1908 Biography - Johnny Hayes Olympics |last=Becker |first=Matt |date=17 September 2013 |website=academia.edu |publisher=Academia |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Máire Hoctor – politician{{cite news |author= |date=8 July 2015 |title=Deputy McGrath says former TD Maire Hoctor should get credit for Nenagh Hospital work |url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/local-news/164692/Deputy-McGrath-says-former-TD-Maire.html |work=Tipperary Live |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Trevor Hogan – Irish rugby international{{cite news |last=Kimmage |first=Paul |date=12 July 2015 |title=Paul Kimmage meets Trevor Hogan: 'The worst of all things is not to care, and if the first step is actually giving a shit, then you're nearly there' |url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/rugby/paul-kimmage-meets-trevor-hogan-the-worst-of-all-things-is-not-to-care-and-if-the-first-step-is-actually-giving-a-shit-then-youre-nearly-there/31369641.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Jack Jones (1873–1941) – British Labour politician{{cite news |author= |date=5 November 2017 |title=Tipperary history: Nenagh Ormond Historical Society talk on MP Jack Jones |url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/home/279634/tipperary-history-nenagh-ormond-historical-society-talk-on-mp-jack-jones.html |work=Tipperary Live |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Joshua A. Leach (1843–1919) – founder of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen in the United StatesEugene V. Debs, [https://archive.org/details/890600DebsJoshuaaleach "Joshua A. Leach,"] Locomotive Firemen's Magazine, vol. 13, no. 6 (June 1889), pp. 498-500.
• Tomás Mac Giolla (1924–2010) – former Workers' Party president, Dublin West TD and Lord Mayor of Dublin{{cite news |last=Wilson |first=Brian |date=9 March 2010 |title=Tomás Mac Giolla obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/09/tomas-mac-giolla-obituary |work=The Guardian |location=Ireland |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Shane MacGowan (1957-2023) — singer/songwriter and musician (lead singer of The Pogues)
• Matt McGrath (1875–1941) – Olympic Hammer-throwing gold-medalist{{cite web |url=https://www.usatf.org/athlete-bios/matt-mcgrath |title=Matt McGrath |author= |website=usatf.org |publisher=USA Track & Field |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Dan Morrissey (1895–1981) – Government Minister{{cite web |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/morrissey-daniel-a5991 |title=Morrissey, Daniel |last=White |first=Lawrence William |website=dib.ie |publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill – Irish poet{{cite web |url=http://aosdana.artscouncil.ie/members/nidhomhnaill/ |title=Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill |author= |website=aosdana.artscouncil.ie |publisher=The Arts Council |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Michael O'Kennedy (1936–2022) – former Government Minister and European Commissioner{{cite news |last=de Bréadún |first=Deaglán |date=24 April 2022 |title=Obituary: Michael O'Kennedy, Fianna Fáil stalwart whose support helped Charlie Haughey become taoiseach |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/obituary-michael-okennedy-fianna-fail-stalwart-whose-support-helped-charlie-haughey-become-taoiseach/41580970.html |work=Irish Independent |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Mary Redmond (1863–1930) – sculptor{{cite web |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/redmond-mary-a7605 |title=Redmond, Mary |last=Devine |first=Ruth |website=dib.ie |publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Father Alec Reid (1931–2013) – facilitator of the Northern Ireland peace process{{cite news |author= |date=4 April 2023 |title=RTÉ documentary on Nenagh's Fr Alec Reid |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2023/04/04/rte-documentary-on-nenaghs-fr-alec-reid/ |work=Nenagh Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Donal Ryan – Irish writer{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Donal |date=22 December 2018 |title=Donal Ryan on County Tipperary: 'My childhood was filled with vampires and ghosts' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/22/donal-ryan-made-in-newtown-tipperary |work=The Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Donnacha Ryan – Irish rugby international{{cite news |last=Brophy |first=Shane |date=26 May 2023 |title=Not bad Skin as Donncha drives La Rochelle to back to back Champions Cups |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2023/05/26/not-bad-skin-as-donncha-drives-la-rochelle-to-back-to-back-champions-cups/ |work=Nenagh Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• Bob Tisdall (1907–2004) – Olympic 400m hurdles gold-medalist{{cite news |author= |date=28 September 2020 |title=Recalling Nenagh's Olympic hero Bob Tisdall |url=https://www.nenaghguardian.ie/2020/09/28/recalling-nenaghs-olympic-hero-bob-tisdall/ |work=Nenagh Guardian |access-date=10 December 2023}}
• John Toler, 1st Earl of Norbury (1745–1831) – Irish lawyer, politician and judge, 'The Hanging Judge'{{cite web |url=https://www.dib.ie/biography/toler-john-a8585 |title=Toler, John |last=Osborough |first=W. N. |website=dib.ie |publisher=Dictionary of Irish Biography |access-date=10 December 2023}}

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