Podcast 4; A Tipperary Fair Day
Number 4 in our short podcast series is a description of a typical fair day in Tipperary in 1933. The day when the country came to the town and cattle filled the streets. Thanks to Des for permission to use…
Archives Snapshot: GAA match programmes
In today's video grab we take a look at some of the GAA match programmes and yearbooks contained in the GAA collection of Tipperary Studies, which detail and reference Semple Stadium. Delve further into the image collection on the Tipp Studies…
Podcast 3; A Tipperary Bank Robbery
Taken from Denis Marnane's Second hundred, this short piece describes an trio of ineffectual #Tipperary bank raiders who remained at liberty only long enough to hand over their takings to the IRA. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/a-tipperary-bank-robbery
Podcast 2; Faction Fighting at Cappawhite
Our second podcast in the series. This one is taken from Denis G. Marnane's publication, The Second Hundred. A contemporary newspaper account of the ongoing problem of faction fighting in post-famine Tipperary. listen to podcast no.2 here
Podcast 1;Orphans to Australia
The first in a new series of podcasts, reading from Denis G. Marnane's publications The first hundred and The second hundred; originally short talks, each no longer than four or five minutes, on various aspects of Tipperary History and Heritage broadcast on Tipperary Mid…
Errington papers
With the library closed to the public I've been able to get stuck into working on some of our special collections; the papers of George Errington esq. an absentee landlord with an estate in the Barony of Clanwilliam near Golden in County…
Tipperary Studies closure
All public libraries will close from 6 pm , Thursday 12 March, and remain closed until further notice. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Stay well everyone. Contact us at 0761 066123 or email studies@tipperarycoco.ie
March lecture cancelled
Our March lecture is cancelled due to the ongoing Corona virus situation. We hope to reschedule at a later date. Best wishes and good health to everyone over the coming weeks.
March people and places lecture
March 24th @ 7.30pm Dr. Kevin McCarthy Tom Kiely: Tipperary's and Ireland's greatest champion. Dr Kevin McCarthy presents an illustrated talk on Tom Kiely, and presents the case for him being not only Tipperary's greatest sports star, but Ireland's too.…
Bridge castle in Thurles
I've heard that Bridge castle (Barry's castle) in Thurles was built by the Knights Templars but Archdall's Monasticon Hibernicum credits the knights of St. John. Either version is just a tradition. There are no accurate dates for the construction of…