The Society of Friends also known as Quakers, did incredible charitable work during the Irish Famine, setting up well organised and structured relief efforts and also reporting on conditions. In February 1847 Robert Davis of Clonmel rode through South Tipperary…
The move to increase the remit of Tipperary's Town council in 1864 was not universally popular. A public meeting in the courthouse boiled over into rioting with stone throwing (naturally) and rat throwing. Some supporters of the move were lucky…
The back story of Lady Clementina Maude, a pioneering photographer of the Victorian era and how she became associated with Dundrum in #Tipperary https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/clementina-maude-i
in the mid 18th Century John Wesley the famous cleric and founder of the Methodist movement visited Tipperary on a number of occasions. As well as Clonmel and Nenagh he also went to the weavers of Shronell, a colony of…
Today's podcast continues the story of Peter Gill from Nenagh, a tireless campaigner his paper covered many nationalist and land agitation meetings in #Tipperary including a St. Patrick's banquet in 1861 https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/peter-gill-ii
Peter Gill from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary was the grand uncle of Irish polititician Thomás MacGiolla. Born in 1822 Peter was involved in politics and land agitation. In 1857 he bought the Tipperary Advocate newspaper and used it to further his…
Our podcast today tells of Standish James O'Grady, the father of the #Celtic revival, who recieved his education at the Abbey School in #Tipperary Town between 1856 and 1864. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/standish-james-ogrady/
From his base in Tipperary John Keegan used Bianconis cars to travel aroung the Southern counties visiting places such as the new Cistercian monastery of Mount Melleray, founded by monks expelled from the abbey of Melleray after the French Revolution…
In 1839 John Keegan, working with the Ordnance Survey, visited Tipperary. He kept diaries of his experiences and todays podcast recounts some of the interesting people he encountered during his work. From Mr Ashe wth the collapsing house to Lady…
Our latest podcast is a sample from a 1923 book of Munster folktales, retold in verse - of sorts. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/an-odd-book-1923