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The Michaelmas Goose

Michaelmas was sometimes known as Fomhar na nGéan when the first goose of the season was killed. This was also the time to pick apples and make cider in Munster (The year in Ireland, Danaher & Dúchas.ie)

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Tankardstown Wart Cures

Some traditional cures can be very effective..but somehow I don't think I'd be taking the advice of the children from Tankardstown N. S. about warts. From the Schools Folklore collection www.duchas.ie

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Tipperary tenants in the early 19th Century

The report into the Disturbances in Ireland in 1824 makes grim reading; Tipperary was under the insurrection act, the people were almost starving and could barely eke  enough for survival from their few acres yet they were compelled to pay…

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Book launch in the Source

There was a large turnout for the launch of local author Jim O’Shea’s two new books. One a serious work  Understanding and Healing the Hurts of Childhood to add to his series of psychology works which include When a child…

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Emly Historical Society Lecture

Emly historical society are holding a lecture on the impact of Tipperary military barracks from 1870 - 1922. The lecture by Des Marnane will take place on September 20th @ 8pm in St. Ailbe's Parish Hall.

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The Fadden More Psalter

Listed as one of ten major pieces held by the National Museum of Ireland The 9th C. Fadden More psalter was discovered in 2006 during peat cutting in a Tipperary bog. 'Its papyrus-lined cover is direct evidence for contact between…

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Marlfield House plans

Plans for the reconstruction of Marlfield House, Clonmel after the main house was badly damaged by fire in January 1923 during the Civil War

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