O’Donovans dilemma while researching place names in North Tipperary; a classic example of fence sitting...in case the bishop might be displeased..want to check out local names in your area? We have the complete Tipperary place names and letters collection in…
Suffering from lameness, sciatica, sore eyes, fever, arthritis or skin disorders? Up to the mid 19th C. you trotted along to the local sweat house. Though getting to this one in Boolatin, Silvermines with rheumatism would be a bit problematical.…
It was traditional to light bonfires on St. John's Eve, 23rd June. So this evening never mind the barbecue..it’s St. Johns Eve, have a bonfire instead And don’t forget to bring the cows!
An early Irish house plans book from 1841..and sure for £50 who wouldn’t want a gate lodge. #fromthearchives
Lackeen Castle near Lorrha in Tipperary is a late medieval tower house which belonged to Brian Ua Cinneide Fionn, chieftan of Ormond, who died in 1588. It wasn’t until 1735 that the Stowe Missal which the O’Kennedys had hidden here…
Remember those summer days getting the turf in..I know its probably going to be banned and we might see the last generation to spend summer on the bog, but there was a time (1943) when getting the turf in was…
Tipperary Studies holds copies of some of Tipperary’s earliest maps, dating from the 17th Century, through to the OSI’s modern maps of the 21st Century. One of my favorites is this little gem of the area around Thurles in 1755. So impressed was…
The 2018 Historical Journal is now available from Tipperary Studies, The Source, Cathedral Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary. The journal was launched by Dr. David Butler of U.C.C. and includes articles such as a bibliography of the GAA in County Tipperary, The rise of…
The Tipperary Star report on the 1949 County Hurling Final between Borris-illeigh and Knockavilla covers an entire page of the paper on November 5th. Refereed by Con Murphy of Cork the outcome was never in doubt with Borris leading all…
On Tuesday 10th July in St. Ailbe’s Hall, Emly there will be a talk on the Annals of Inisfallen given by Professor Thomas Charles-Edwards of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The Annals of Inisfallen are a chronicle of the medieval history…