Tue 12 April – Dr William Murphy: “The German Plot Prisoners, 1918-1919”
Our rescheduled November lecture will take place on Tuesday, 12 April at 7.30 pm. Dr William Murphy The German Plot Prisoners, Stopping the Hunt and Tipperary, 1918-1919 In May 1918, in response to Sinn Féin opposition to the threat of…
1944 – Dr. Nicholas Mansergh Keeps Calm and Carries On
The Nationalist, 29 March 1944 News of the appointment of a gentleman with close Tipperary links to high office in Britain. The Mansergh family had been established in West Tipperary in the late 17th Century, through marriage with a Southcote…
March Lecture – County Tipperary in 1916
On Tuesday 15 March Tipperary Studies played host to its penultimate instalment in the 2015/16 Tipperary People and Place Lecture Series. In a novel twist on the usual format, two lecturers, renowned historians Denis G. Marnane and Sean Hogan, celebrated…
1944 – “There Is Nothing More Important Than Cutting Turf”
Midland Tribune, 25 March 1944 March 1944 and the Turf Board is indulging in a bit of overstatement. Behind the hyperbole, however, there was, indeed, a real problem: Ireland was drastically short of fuel for domestic heating and cooking. The…
1944 – A Lively Wake
Irish Press, 16 March 1944 A Lively Wake When Clonmel man John Langley passed away in 1674, his last will and testament laid out the manner in which he wished to be waked. It involved whiskey and knives. The…
County Tipperary in 1916 – Tuesday 15 March @ 7.30
County Tipperary in 1916 - Des Marnane & Sean Hogan: The Source, Thurles, Tuesday 15 March @ 7.30pm. The March lecture in the Tipperary People and Places Series promises to be a most enjoyable and unique event. In two talks,…
