Nenagh Guardian 2 July 1881 July 1881’s arrival, like 2016's, was a wet one, and the fact was lamented in this piece from the Nenagh Guardian. The article proves one thing: for dozens of generations, Irish people have always…
Course Code: CKE43 Part-time Course Title: History - Local History College: Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences Duration: 2 years Part-time Teaching Mode: Part-Time The part-time option will be taught during evening hours over 2 years. Qualifications: MA NFQ Level:…
The Clonmel Chronicle, 27 June 1896 Late June 1896, and Colonel the Hon. George Hugh Gough, C.B.'s time as Commanding Officer of the King's 14th Hussars was coming to a close. The Clonmel Chronicle captured his final inspection of…
Midland Counties' Advertiser, 18 June 1896 A little bit of dry humour in the Midland Counties' Advertiser, as the reporter adds his witty contribution to the report of an unruly Cloughjordan schoolboy. Whilst today the voices demanding the return of…
Nationalist, 27 June 1896 Co. Tipperary Petty Sessions heard a curious case in June 1896, which had a distinctly African feel about it. Before Col. Evanson R.M. was a gentleman who had armed himself with something approaching an assegai,…
For the past number of months Clonmel Library's own Tom Flynn has been trawling through The Nationalist researching Schoolboys Football in the Clonmel area, and has published the reports on his blog at tomflynn.net - "Clonmel Schoolboys A.F.C was founded…
Nenagh Guardian, 20 June 1896 What with the prospects of 20mph fatal accidents, “severe concussion of the brain” and crowds of “excitable savages”, the noble art of bicycling was a pastime fraught with all manner of menace in Nenagh during…
Irish Press, 27 May 1953 When Belfast’s principal GAA field, Casement Park, was officially opened in the summer of 1953, the Glensmen had a novel and romantic idea – to have soil taken from the headquarters of the GAA at…
Our annual history outing will take place on 11th June. The group will visit Strokestown Park House and Famine museum in Co. Roscommon, as well as Lissadell House Co. Sligo. Tickets of 45 euro pp include entry to both houses,…
46 Men Dead: The Royal Irish Constabulary in County Tipperary 1919–22, by John Reynolds, is available now; The Royal Irish Constabulary – the RIC – has long been portrayed as the ‘eyes and ears of Dublin Castle’, an oppressive colonial…