1974 – The North Board Plays “The Sunday Blame”
Nenagh Guardian, 5 October 1974 RTE regularly gets it in the neck from sports fans, but perhaps the station's harshest critics have always been the members of the GAA, who, understandably, want their games held up in the best possible…
War of Independence in the Emly Area: 28 Oct, St Ailbe’s Hall
Emly Historical Society is delighted to present a talk on the "War of Independence in the Emly area and the Emly connection in the 1916 rising" by prominent local historian and celebrated author Tom Toomey. The talk will take place on Oct 28th at 8pm in St Ailbe's Parish hall in Emly and will…
Ardmayle Heritage Society Lecture: The Somme 1916, Oct. 20
Ardmayle Heritage Society Will host a talk The Somme 1916: Kettle died Dalton survived Speaker: Michael Desmond Venue: St. John’s Church, Ardmayle Date: Thursday October 20th at 8pm All are welcome
1879 – Clonmel Corporation’s Machinery Frustrations
Tipperary Free Press, 10 & 24 October 1879 It must have been music to the ears of South Tipperary's prisoners and workhouse inmates - in October 1879 Clonmel Corporation took possession of a steam-powered stone breaker. And its first…
Dunkerrin Lecture Series: Famine in Toomevara, 24 Oct @ 8.15
The Dunkerrin Parish History Society lecture series resumes on Monday 24th October at 8.15pm in Obama Plaza. Helen O'Brien will deliver a lecture on 'The Famine in Toomevara 1845-52'.
1933 – ‘The Factory’ – A Sweet Deal For Thurles
Tipperary Star, 30 September 1933 It was a landmark day in the history of the town when, in September 1933, it was announced that Thurles would be home to one of three new sugar factories. The industrial and agricultural landscape…