"It`s a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams (Henry James Williams), a song that, allegedly, was written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge, on the 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Jack`s parents were Irish, and his grand-parents came from Tipperary. Tipperary (Irish: Tiobraid Árann, lit. "The well of Arra") is the name of a town (pop 4,546) in the south-west of County Tipperary, Ireland . The name "Tipperary" is derived from a well in the townland of Glenbane in the parish of Lattin and Cullen where the river "Arra" rises. Little is known of the historical significance of the well.

"It`s a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall and marching song written by Jack Judge and Harry Williams (Henry James Williams), a song that, allegedly, was written for a 5 shilling bet in Stalybridge, on the 30 January 1912 and performed the next night at the local music hall. Jack`s parents were Irish, and his grand-parents came from Tipperary.

Tipperary (Irish: Tiobraid Árann, lit. "The well of Arra") is the name of a town (pop 4,546) in the south-west of County Tipperary, Ireland . The name "Tipperary" is derived from a well in the townland of Glenbane in the parish of Lattin and Cullen where the river "Arra" rises. Little is known of the historical significance of the well.