The Nenagh Guardian, 20 & 27 January; 3 February 1945 The notes from Toomevara parish in the run up to Lent, the traditional time for matchmaking in rural Ireland. The author of this column appears to have been heavily influenced…
The Nenagh Guardian, 16 January 1889 How did the poverty stricken of the late 19th Century find themselves in their unhappy circumstance? In January 1889 this curious journalist, whose name is unfortunately not recorded, was bothered enough to try…
The Nationalist, 7 January 1950 We’ve struck oil! Somebody ring OPEC and tell them to send on the application forms, we’re taking our place amongst the oil-producing nations of the world. Or perhaps not...
The Clonmel Chronicle, 23 January 1830 In early 1830, Daniel O’Connell was at the peak of his powers. The previous year he had led the successful charge for Catholic Emancipation, and a matter of days after this fleeting visit to…
The Tipperary Star, 5 January 1963 January 1963 was the coldest of the 20th Century. By the turn of the New Year the country's usual mild Atlantic regime had been replaced by a bitter East wind, the prolonged presence of…
Our Tipperary People & Places Lecture Series kicks off 2018 with Clonmel's Michael Ahern. Although never exceeding five hundred members at any given time, Tipperary Friends produced many individuals who won an honoured place both in their own community and…
