Carrick-on-Suir (Irish: Carraig na Siúire, meaning 'rock of the Suir') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland.

The part on the north bank of the Suir lies in the civil parish of "Carrick",[3] in the historical barony of Iffa and Offa East.

The part on the south bank lies in the civil parish of Kilmolerin[4] in the barony of Upperthird,[5] County Waterford.

Carrick-on-Suir (originally called Carrig Mac Griffin) was formed on an island settlement upstream of Waterford.

The earliest known records of a settlement are dated to 1247, when a charter of 3 fairs per year was awarded to Matthew Fitzgriffin, Lord of the manor of Carrick who was a member of the Cambro-Norman nobility.

In the 15th century, a four towered castle was erected on the same site, two of which are now incorporated into the Elizabethan Manor House built by Black Tom Butler, c. 1560.

The town was also the inspiration for the 16th-century song, Cailín ó chois na Siúire mé, which is attested to as early as 1595 and mentioned in William Shakespeare's Henry V as Caleno custure me.

Irish troops from Ulster under a Major Geoghegan tried to re-take Carrick but were eventually beaten off with the loss of over 500 killed.

By 1799, the town enjoyed some prosperity from the woollen industry, fishing, basket weaving and other river-related businesses – the population reached around 11,000 by this point.

With the coming of Independence and the Civil War, Carrick was initially occupied by the Anti-Treaty IRA until the town fell to the Free State army in 1922.

By the late-1990s, the economy of the town was on the upswing – unemployment had dropped, the SRAM bicycle component factory had opened as had numerous small businesses, and the population began to increase again for the first time in two centuries.

As of 2006, no large manufacturing operation remains in the town – the SRAM plant closed in 2006, but Carrick continues to prosper economically.

The future of Carrick is likely to be that of a commuter town, servicing those working in Waterford and Clonmel – a role it has been performing for decades.

[20] There is a cast-iron plaque on the bridge commemorating the naming of the bridge.The Tholsel is a four-storey townhouse dating c. 1500 located at the West Gate.

[citation needed] The fair green is a public open space used for play games and other outdoor pursuits.

In Carrick Beg are the small St Molleran's parish church (parts of which date back to the 13th century) and the larger Franciscan friary.

Carrick United AFC is a junior (non-league, amateur) soccer team that plays in the Waterford & District League.

[citation needed] An amateur rugby team, Carrick-on-Suir RFC,[28] plays in the Munster Junior League Division II.

In cycling, 1988 Vuelta a España champion Sean Kelly and ten-time Grand Tour stage winner Sam Bennett are both from the town.

[36] The Brewery Lane Drama Society (formed in 1955) performs several productions a year at their 75-person capacity theatre, which was formerly a malt house owned by Smithwicks.

[18] The Irish Traction Group is based in Carrick-on-Suir, where restoration work is carried out on vintage diesel locomotives.