The town of Templemore is on the plain beneath the eastern slopes of the Devil's Bit mountain range, in the centre of the upper Suir Valley, a prosperous agricultural area. The town is defined by the Devil's Bit mountain range to the west, by Barnalisheen and Baunmore bogs to the east, by Roscrea (17Km) town to the north and by Thurles town (12Km) to the south. Templemore is situated in the north of County Tipperary. The ancient name of the district on which the town now stands was Tuatha Corca Teine. Teine was supposed to have been the son of the King of Connacht, arriving in the district shortly after St. Patrick. A holy man named Silean, who is reputed to have built a church in the area, accompanied him. There is no townland called Templemore. The townland on which the town is built is Kiltillane (Cill Silean- Sheelans Church). Later a large church was built; the ruins of which can be seen in the Town Park. It is from this church that the town got its present name ' An TEAMPALL MÓR',(large or Grand Temple) Templemore.
In the 70-acre Town Park (part of the former Carden Demesne) are the remains of Templemore Abbey and Black Castle. Also in the park are a large lake and swimming pool, Pitch & Putt course, and a newly constructed All Weather Athletic Track.
There is good fishing for brown trout on the upper reaches of the River Suir near the town, and the lake in the Town Park holds pike, roach, perch and tench. The North Tipperary Foxhounds hunt the district. Ireland's Gardai (Police force) are trained here in what was the old Richmond later McCan Barracks, now completely refurbished as a modern Garda training college.
Templemore
is a town and parish with a population of 2,152 (2002 census) situated
about 50Km from Clonmel and 125Km from Dublin. Kilkenny is 48Km
while Limerick is 64Km. The upper reaches of the River Suir, which
are noted for good fishing, are near the town. The Devil's Bit
Mountain (1,557 feet) is located a few miles to the north-west.
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