Kilkenny 1916: Contexts & Controversies, Sept. 1st, 2nd, 5th & 6th
Lecture 1: ‘My Grandfather, Thomas MacDonagh and Kilkenny’, Ms. Lucille Redmond Thursday September 1st. 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm In September 1901, Thomas MacDonagh arrived in Kilkenny, appointed to teach English in St Kieran's College.…
Special Offer – Tipperary Historical Journal back-issues
For the last quarter of a century Tipperary Historical Society has been documenting the county's rich historic past through its annual Journal, a publication that is eagerly anticipated each year by its enthusiastic membership. Since 1988 a myriad of topics…
1942 – Battle Lyons Drawn in Cashel Tea Crisis
Tipperary Star, 8 August 1942 Water, porter, petrol and tea. Four liquids that, during the Emergency, regularly got councillors’ danders up. August 1942 and, with the effects of rationing beginning to bite, the members of Cashel Urban Council were…
Part 5: Irish Burial Sites in World War I, R-Z – Tom Burnell
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this fifth and final instalment, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
Part 4: Irish Burial Sites in World War I, L-Q – Tom Burnell
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this fourth part of five, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
Part 3: Irish Burial Sites in World War I, D-K – Tom Burnell
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this third part of 5, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
Part 2: Irish Burial Sites in World War I, A-C – Tom Burnell
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this second part of 5, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
Part I: Irish Casualty Statistics for The Great War – Tom Burnell
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of 'The War Dead' series and 'Irishmen in the Great War') has compiled a list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I, which includes a list of cemeteries where the…