'Tipperary in 1923' Des Marnane's final lecture on the Revolutionary period in 20th century Ireland is now online for an audio only version https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/tipperary-in-1923-audio?si=dc765e879dc948b3937d402948d9299a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing or watch the video on YouTube https://youtu.be/-w0X14hxO5Y
Our November lecture given by Dr. Salvador Ryan on the social and cultural history of memorial cards is now available on our Youtube and Soundcloud channels . Salvador takes us on a journey from the Victorian era with bigamy cases…
Our January lecture 'Tipperary in 1922' is now available on our soundcloud channel https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/county-tipperary-in-1922
Our April Lecture 'Never no More; Rural and small town Irelad in the popular fiction of the 1930s - 50s is now available on Soundcloud. A reading list is also provided and you may find yourself searching for out-of-print books…
Our series fifteen lecture series got off to a flying start with Dr. Margaret Murphy of Carlow College speaking on the Templar Order in Ireland and more particularly on the manor at Clonoulty, Co. Tipperary. The manor of Clonoulty was…
Our usual commemoration lecture which had to be postponed due to Covid 19 restrictions is now available on podcast. As hostilities escalated over the course of 1920 the IRA changed tactics and targets. Des Marnane with the help of Cathal…
The contemporary report of Dr. William Wilde on the conditions causing an opthalmia infection to sweep through the children in Tipperary workhouse in 1849 and 1850 listen to podcast here
In October 1880 Charles Stewart Parnell visited Tipperary Town. At the time, the most influential man in Irish politics and Tipperary turned out to meet him in style. listen to podcast here
Our latest podcast tells the story of the reports of Sir John Perrot to the court of Elizabeth I detailing his efforts to suppress the Geraldine rebellion of James Fitzmaurice, cousin of the Our latest podcast tells the story of…
The mystery surrounding a lease for Barnanlleen, Co. Tipperary dated 1729 turning up in the walls of a Texas house. listen to podcast here