Our December lecture 'The Butlers of Kilcash ' is now available on YouTube https://youtu.be/xu6Wk3d6oJ8 John Flood traces the Kilcash branch of the Butlers and their home in Kilcash Castle #Tipperary from the Williamite wars to the decline of the house…
Breaking into a cathedral, stealing the gold collected for the crusades and committing a few murders on the way. The outcome if apprehended is a foregone conclusion...or is it? All depending how well you know your canon law. listen to…
A gala day in Tipperary Town in 1910 with the visit of John Redmond, expected to be the new Irish prime minister under home rule. Marching bands, local dignitaries, speeches etc... Listen to podcast here
On Monday 23rd June 1919, Detective Inspector Hunt was shot from behind at close range by a member of the 2nd brigade as he walked back to Thurles town center after a race meeting at the outskirts of town. A…
Unfortunately due to ongoing #covid restrictions, though we are in the building, Local studies is not open to the public. We are available to take phone 076 1066123 or email queries studies@tipperarycoco.ie or DM us on twitter @TippStudies or facebook…
In the November lecture from the Tipperary people and Places Series Professor Salvador Ryan treats us to a wonderful account of Irish customs surrounding death. November is traditionally the month for visiting graveyards and remembering relatives who have passed on.…
Gus McCarthy from Fethard wearing what looks like a knitted jersey and shorts, with his Hercules racing bicycle. Gus played for Tipperary on Bloody Sunday and survived. Images from the Patrick Kenrick Collection at Tipperary Studies (courtesy Joe Kenny) and…
The compensation case following the fires on the Massy-Dawson estate in 1901 hinged on arson. Were dissaffected employees to blame? listen to podcast here
In 1875 despite having won his legal battle with his brother over the lease on the family farm Denis Treacy was back in court. This time suing a local doctor. The court case brought to light many unsavory details of…
The realities of TB treatment in 1940s Ireland. Bill Heaney from Nenagh spent fourteen months in a Dublin Sanatorium from 1943 and wrote an account of his experiences to encourage others facing into treatment of a disease which carried a stigma …