Carrick-on-Suir — Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Carrick-on-Suir, a town of Tipperary, situated on the Suir, which is navigable at this point, 14 miles E. of Clonmel, and 149 miles SW. of Dublin by rail. It has woollen, linen and flax factories, and a good trade in agricultural produce, and there are slate-quarries in the neighbourhood. There are the remains of a castle built in 1309, and belonging to the Butler family, a branch of which hence received the title of Viscount and Earl of Carrick. A stone bridge connects it with the suburb of Carrickbeg in County Waterford, which has an abbey (1336). Pop. (1851) 7512; (1881) 6583; (1891) 5608.