You've got some of the Irish in ye, then. That means you're either a saint or a scholar. Newry sits on the border and is probably not
as you remember it.
Tipperary is lovely. Ireland though has changed almost out of all
recognition in the last ten to fifteen years, unfortunately. It's
taken up with the same idolatry of materialism as the rest of the
western world.
On agriculture, it is subject to the same influences as the rest.
I predict the pendulum will swing the other wat at some stage in
the future.