Thurles Library, 6 May: Find your 1916 Ancestors
Consultation is FREE but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL: studies@tipperarycoco.ie / 0504 29278
Dunkerrin Parish History Society Lecture – Seamus King, 14 April
Dunkerrin Parish History Society's next lecture takes place on Thursday 14th April at 8.30pm in Obama Plaza. Seamus King will speak on "The History of Hurling Before 1884". Entry 5 euro, members free.
1847 – “Turnip Bread”
Tipperary Free Press, 24 April 1847 April 1847 and Ireland's over-reliance on the potato as a staple had been tragically and horrifically exposed many months previous. Desperate attempts had been made to provide a substitute for the starving population, perhaps…
1847 – “Arms dealer ballistic: gives Editor both barrels”
The Tipperary Vindicator, 3 April 1847 The newspapers of the 19th Century were great places to stage long-running feuds. In an age when the radio was still a far off prospect, belligerents were left to duel it out in games…