County Tipperary

Landlocked Tipperary boasts the sort of fertile soil that farmers dream of – the Golden Vale, between Tipperary town and Cashel, with the best dairy farming in the country. The central area of the county is low-lying, but rolling hills spill over from adjoining counties and an upper-crust gloss still clings to equestrian traditions here, with fox hunts in full legal cry during the winter season.