Introducing Carrick-on-Suir
The unassuming market town of Carrick-on-Suir (Carraig na Siúire), 20km east of Clonmel, boasted twice its present population during the late-medieval period when it was a centre of the brewing and wool industries. The modern town makes a good pit stop – if for no other reason than to escape the local traffic and Byzantine traffic patterns.
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Carrick-on-Suir was quick to honour local boy Sean Kelly, one of the world’s greatest cyclists, in the late 1980s. The town square bears his name, as does the sports centre. Carrick is also the birthplace of the singing Clancy Brothers, who, with Tommy Makem and assorted Aran Island sweaters, did much to popularise folk music in the 1960s.
From Carrick-on-Suir, the East Munster Way winds west to Clonmel before heading south into Waterford.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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