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CARRICK-ON-SUIR, market town, Co. Tipperary, Ireland, on the north bank of the Suir, 14 m. W.N.W from Waterford on the Great Southern railway. Population of urban district (1926) 4,675. The castle dates from 1309. The suburb of Carrickbeg, connected by a 14th century bridge, has remains of a 14th century abbey. Trade is in agricultural produce and slate is quarried.