The story of an Edwardian Irish woman from Tipperary, Daisy Bates, who emigrated to Australia aged 23, reinvented herself, tried marriage,twice; then worked in journalism before moving to the desert and spending forty years living with aboriginal tribes and documenting…
The Yelverton case was a famous 19th-century Irish law case, where the marriage of Teresa Longworth and William Charles Yelverton, later the Vicount Avonmore, was annulled after William discounted his marriage to Catholic Teresa and married again. The Yelverton's owned…
The story behing the Oval office desk has an unexpected link to Tipperary. Listen to our latest podcast to learn about Admiral Kellet and the HMS Resolute. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/admiral-kellet-and-hms-resolute/s-qzttOyrmPn8
Number 4 in our short podcast series is a description of a typical fair day in Tipperary in 1933. The day when the country came to the town and cattle filled the streets. Thanks to Des for permission to use…
Taken from Denis Marnane's Second hundred, this short piece describes an trio of ineffectual #Tipperary bank raiders who remained at liberty only long enough to hand over their takings to the IRA. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/a-tipperary-bank-robbery
Our second podcast in the series. This one is taken from Denis G. Marnane's publication, The Second Hundred. A contemporary newspaper account of the ongoing problem of faction fighting in post-famine Tipperary. listen to podcast no.2 here
The first in a new series of podcasts, reading from Denis G. Marnane's publications The first hundred and The second hundred; originally short talks, each no longer than four or five minutes, on various aspects of Tipperary History and Heritage broadcast on Tipperary Mid…
Our December Lecture 'The castles, tower and fortified houses of Limerick' is now available as a podcast on soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/the-castles-towers-and-fortified-houses-of-limerick-1199-1703 Thanks to Joseph for permission and Donal for all the backroom work. Tipperary County Council Library Service Tipperary County Council
https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/1919-waiting-for-a-revolution/s-KSbQ7 Des Marnane with the help of Cathal O’Donoghue will look at 1919 through a selection of contemporary documents. Des Marnane’s most recent publications are The 3rd Brigade: a history of the Volunteers/IRA in South Tipperary and County Tipperary 1917-1921…
Thanks to Donal's hard work in the background and the kind permission of Salvador Ryan our October lecture is available online as a podcast or video Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/you-may-want-a-priest-yet-the-portrayal-of-the-catholic-priest-in-irish-folklore/s-ciQC3 video available here https://www.youtube.com/user/Tippstudies/videos