The Tipperary Star, 6 November 1926 The headline of this report is a misleading one. No, Ludwig van Beethoven did not play his Moonlight Sonata in Borrisoleigh Parochial Hall. In fact, no-one played the Moonlight Sonata in Borrisoleigh Parochial…
The Nationalist, 13 November 1909 Water. It seems like we’re always falling out over it. The year was 1909, and Clonmel had access to piped water, whilst Carrick on Suir did not. And that was the way one Carrick councillor…
Dunkerrin Parish History Society Journal Launch Dunkerrin Parish History Society's first historical journal, 'Under Crimblin Hill', will be launched in Obama Plaza Moneygall on Friday 10th November at 8pm. All welcome.
The Tipperary Star, 23 October 1954 The erection of Nelson’s Pillar on Sackville Street in Dublin was completed in 1809, and from that day on it was the preoccupation of many Irish Nationalists as to how they could take…
Tipperary Studies Publishes Tipperary GAA Yearbooks Online In 2016 we in Tipperary Studies, the local history department of Tipperary County Council’s Library Service, began digitising our archive of Tipperary GAA Yearbooks, a collection that stretches back over fifty years to…
Clonmel Chronicle, 5 October 1895 It was 1895 and Bridget Cleary was a little over 6 months in her grave. That horrific case highlighted the place of "pishogues" - traditional Irish superstition - in the mindset of the Irish peasantry,…
The Nationalist, 29 October 1906 To paraphrase that great aficionado of Gaelic Football, Mr. Oscar Wilde; “To lose one football may be regarded as a misfortune; To lose both looks like carelessness; To lose a third smacks of someone sticking…
