New additions to our collection
Something old, something new. Some of the latest additions to our book collection.
Locum’s pay in 1919
January 8th 1919; The Nenagh board of guardians approved a payment of £12.12.0 for a locum to cover the Medical Officers holiday in Newport. That's roughly €680 today.
Soloheadbeg Ambush; A centenary perspective
Just days before the centenary of the Solohead Ambush, the Tipperary People and Places Series brings Dr Des Marnane to give a very timely talk in The Source, Thurles. His subject is 'The Soloheadbeg Ambush - a centenary perspective'. With…
TG4 reports on digitisation of Cashel Registers
While the rest of us were polishing off the last of the mince pies Pat was talking to Tomás Ó Mainnín of TG4 nuacht about the digitisation of the Cashel Workhouse Registers...Maith thu Pat!
January Tipperary People and Places Lecture
Sologheadbeg Ambush; A centenary perspective; Dr Denis G. Marnane Des has been very involved in historical research for over four decades. He is an annual contributor to the County Tipperary Historical Journal and is also its present editor. His most…
The Death Census of 1847 -lecture by Brian Gurrin
We had a wonderful evening on Tuesday in the Source. Mince pies and fruit cake were the order of the day before settling down to Dr. Brian Gurrin's very informative presentation. Brian gave the background on the motivations behind the census,…
GAA divisional finals now online
The latest collection of divisional final programmes and match reports have gone online at www.tipperarystudies.ie/sport with the launch of the South Tipperary divisional final collections. This brings the total of divisional programmes online for North, South and Mid-Tipperary to 131,…
Cashel Indoor Register now online
We have added the Cashel indoor registers for Dec 1847 to July '48 to the website https://tipperarystudies.ie/workhouse-registers/ … Chilling to think that in those seven months at the height of the famine the numbers admitted, 4,840, exceed the 2016 population of…
One armed Tennis and other Tipperary sports
Our Murphy Ballinamona collection has some great photos of sports from the beginning of the 19th Century. Horse racing, hockey, croquet and one armed tennis to name a few. Take a look at the images in our digital archive https://tipperarystudies.ie/digitisation-project/
Emly Historical Society launch ‘Memories of Emly’
Emly Historical Society will launch their 'Memories of Emly' DVD on Dec 19 @ 8 pm in St. Ailbe's Hall, Emly, Co. Tipperary Launch by Dr. Mansergh followed by a Cheese and Wine reception. All welcome.