"Bealtaine" is Ireland's annual national celebration of creativity as we age. During May, all over the country Bealtaine events are running in arts centres, theatres, libraries, galleries, community centres, local halls, care setting, cultural spaces and even out in the open air! This…
Tipperary Constitution, 10 April 1847 The Tipperary Free Press and the Tipperary Constitution were contemporaries, both printed in Clonmel in the middle of the 19th Century. The attitudes they expressed in their columns, however, could not have been more…
Cashel Library, Tuesday 10 May, 6.00 - 8.00pm Workshop will discuss the sources; from national sources to local sources, taking a particular interest in the military bureau sources and witness statements. Participants will be encouraged to do their own search…
Knocklong History Weekend 2016 The Knocklong History Weekend 2016 will take place in Knocklong, Co. Limerick on the 13th, 14thand 15th of May. This is a unique annual event, focusing on the Irish Revolution in Munster. It commemorates…
Tipperary Vindicator 21 April 1847 The Hon. William Edward FitzMaurice was the Conservative MP for Buckinghamshire during the 14th British Parliament. When, in April of 1847, he declared that the County of Tipperary was in a state of "perfect pandemonium"…
On Tuesday 12 April Dr. William Murphy of DCU concluded out 2015/16 Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series with his rescheduled lecture titled "The German Plot Prisoners: Stopping the Hunt and Tipperary, 1918-19". In a very entertaining and descriptive talk…
Consultation is FREE but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL: studies@tipperarycoco.ie / 0504 29278
Dunkerrin Parish History Society's next lecture takes place on Thursday 14th April at 8.30pm in Obama Plaza. Seamus King will speak on "The History of Hurling Before 1884". Entry 5 euro, members free.
Tipperary Free Press, 24 April 1847 April 1847 and Ireland's over-reliance on the potato as a staple had been tragically and horrifically exposed many months previous. Desperate attempts had been made to provide a substitute for the starving population, perhaps…
