Kickham Country Weekend
Running from Thursday 3rd May to Sunday 6th May in Mullinahone. The weekend is opened with a cheese & Wine reception at 7.30pm and a talk by Billy Keane on 'Rural Ireland Today' followed by music in The Stack of Barley. On…
Launch of Denis G. Marnane’s “The 3rd Brigade”, Tuesday 10 April
All are welcome to The Source, Thurles, on Tuesday 10th April at 7.30pm to the launch of ‘The 3rd Brigade: a history of the Volunteers/IRA in South Tipperary, 1913 – 1921’ by Denis G. Marnane and published by Tipperary County…
Tipperary Studies Closed Thursday 1 – Sat 3 March (Incl.)
Due to the Status Red Met Éireann Weather Warning and extreme weather conditions Tipperary Studies will be closed on Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 March. We will re-open on Monday 5 March at 9.30am. We apologise for the…
20 March – Dr. Pat Bracken, “Horse Racing in Co. Tipperary, 1840-1880”
Our final meeting of the season takes place on Tuesday 20 March at The Source, Thurles, when our own Dr. Pat Bracken talks about "Horse Racing in Co. Tipperary, 1840-80" Going to post 7.30pm Going is expected to be Good.…
February Lecture: Dr. Bernadette Whelan, ‘American propaganda and Ireland, 1917-18’, 20 Feb
Due to unforeseen circumstances, our speaker for February has had to postpone her talk. It is hoped that it will be rescheduled during the 2018 – 2019 series. In the meantime, Dr Bernadette Whelan of University of Limerick has kindly…
16 January: Michael Ahern, “The Quakers of Co. Tipperary, 1655-1924”
Our Tipperary People & Places Lecture Series kicks off 2018 with Clonmel's Michael Ahern. Although never exceeding five hundred members at any given time, Tipperary Friends produced many individuals who won an honoured place both in their own community and…
19 December: Dr. Willie Nolan, ‘Michael Doheny of Fethard, Tipperary’s first Fenian’
December 19th: Dr Willie Nolan ‘ Michael Doheny of Fethard, Tipperary’s first Fenian' The Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series continues in December with Dr. Willie Nolan's lecture on one of the county's most famous Fenians, Michael Doheny. Born…
21 November: Poverty & the Poor in Pre-Famine Tipperary, Dr. Laurence Geary
Poverty and the Poor in Pre-Famine Tipperary, Dr. Laurence Geary In this months lecture from the Tipperary People and Places series, Dr Laurence Geary of UCC will explore aspects of the lives of the poor in Tipperary around the time…
Tipperary Studies Publishes Tipperary GAA Yearbooks Online
Tipperary Studies Publishes Tipperary GAA Yearbooks Online In 2016 we in Tipperary Studies, the local history department of Tipperary County Council’s Library Service, began digitising our archive of Tipperary GAA Yearbooks, a collection that stretches back over fifty years to…
