Tipperary Star, 15 August 1998 It's something one always needs to be wary of when tramping through the glens and meadows of Co. Tipperary - "The Bull". They can spring out of anywhere and it's a scientific fact that every…
The Limerick, Tipperary & Waterford Examiner, 17 August 1859 If you had the misfortune of being arrested by the police in Clonmel during August 1859, it would appear that help was at hand and you stood a good chance…
The theme for Heritage Week 2017 is "Nature", and to celebrate we are delighted to present George Cunningham's musings on all things tree-related, from home and abroad. Historian and author George Cunningham has a lifelong interest in trees and has…
The Nationalist, 8 August 1945 On 6 August 1945 President of the USA, Harry S. Truman, finished one chapter in the history of foreign relations and immediately started another: the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city…
Nenagh Guardian, 20 July 1864 With the summer weather being the way it has over the last number of years, can one imagine such a law as this being enforced these days?
Freeman's Journal, 6 July 1810 Landlords and their agents were made of stern stuff in early 19th Century Ireland, and they needed to be. Agrarian violence was rampant at the time and, as ever the case, if there was turmoil…
Tipperary Star, 2 July 1966 An article from the 1966 Tipperary Star that could just as easily have been written a few months ago. It’s been 50 years since the article was penned but the problems facing the Irish water…
Tipperary Free Press, 14 July 1865 The Bagwell connections to Clonmel go back to Cromwellian times, when the Quaker merchant family established itself in the town. The progression of the 18th Century saw the Bagwells grow ever closer to…
Tipperary Free Press, 26 June 1845 The report of what seemed to be a rather unorthodox horse race from Clonmel in 1845. No doubt both Greer’s and Prettyman’s horses would have scoffed at today’s Beecher’s Brook, especially since they were…
Tipperary Star, 26 June 1976 Now, we are nothing – nothing! – if not hopeless romantics here in Tipperary Studies so we’re giving this hopeful letter to the Editor of the Tipperary Star another airing. If Jean is reading this…