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                                                                   EXHIBIT 23.1


                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

     We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Annual Report on Form
10-K of Tuscarora Incorporated of our report dated October 16, 1997, included
in the 1997 Annual Report to Shareholders of Tuscarora Incorporated.

     Our audit also included the financial statement schedule of Tuscarora
Incorporated as of August 31, 1997 listed in Item 14(a). This schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audit. The financial statement schedules of Tuscarora
Incorporated as of and for the years ended August 31, 1996 and 1995 were
audited by other auditors whose report dated October 11, 1996, expressed an
unqualified opinion on those schedules. In our opinion, the financial statement
schedule as of and for the year ended August 31, 1997, when considered in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, present fairly in
all material respects the information set forth therein.

     We also consent to the incorporation by reference in Registration
Statements on Form S-8 (No. 33-35373) pertaining to the 1985 Incentive Stock
Option Plan of Tuscarora Incorporated; Form S-8 (No. 33-35373 and 333-06111)
pertaining to the 1989 Stock Incentive Plan of Tuscarora Incorporated; and Form
S-8 (No. 33-35587) pertaining to the Tuscarora Incorporated Common Stock
Purchase Plan for Salaried Employees of our report dated October 16, 1997, with
respect to the financial statements incorporated herein by reference, and our
report included in the preceding paragraph with respect to the financial
statement schedule included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K of Tuscarora
Incorporated.

 
                                        /s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP


Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
November 26, 1997