1830 - Clonmel Elects Coote Without Any Dispute Clonmel Advertiser, 20 & 24 February 1830 The coverage in the Clonmel Advertiser of the election of Eyre Coote as M.P. for Clonmel in 1830. He was filling the vacancy left by…
Tipperary County Museum will host a 1 day seminar on the Big House in Nenagh Arts Centre on Saturday 11th March. Admission is €15 and includes tea/coffee. There will be four speakers on the day each discussing aspects of life…
Clonmel Chronicle, 5 & 9 February 1921 Forget everything you were taught in school about Béal na Bláth in August 1922: if you were to believe some reports of the time, Michael Collins was shot dead in February 1921 in…
Nenagh Guardian, 27 January 1951 The Editor of the Guardian spots an opportunity to have a go at Dun Laoghaire Borough Corporation, and makes sure he doesn't let that opportunity go to waste. The story of the Christ the King…
February 21st Dr Barry O'Reilly Traditional hamlets in Ireland Our traditional hamlets form a very interesting and attractive part of the human landscape in Ireland. However, they tend to receive very little attention. This talk highlights the importance of these…
Irish Times, 1 January 1974 The late Ida Grehan was a feature writer for the Irish Times, and in the first edition of that paper in 1974 she regales the readers with her recent visit to Clonmel. The poor old…
Four Tipperary saints The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha Pádraig Ó Riain Paperback €8.95 Catalogue Price: €9.95 ISBN: 978-1-84682-550-7 November 2014. 160pp; ills. When St Patrick was leaving Munster via…
Tipperary Star, 10 January 1959 Greasers, Mods, Rockers, Punks, Emos, Skinheads, Metalheads, Goths, Hippies, Ravers, Grungers, New Romantics... the list is endless. Every decade has given rise to a number of youth subcultures that have invariably frightened the living daylights…
The annual Soloheadbeg ambush commemoration will be held on Sunday, 29 January. Assemble at Coffey's Forge at 2.15 pm.
