Times Past

Nenagh Guardian, 1 August 1942 Fans of the BBC's vintage comedy "Dad's Army" will appreciate this report, as it summarises very well exactly the kind of capers Captain Mainwaring and his loyal platoon would have fallen into in one of…

Clonmel Chronicle 2 July 1881 In 1881 the building that became Clonmel’s Town Hall, which dated from the mid 1600s, was given a make-over and dragged into the 19th Century. Below is a report from the meeting of the Town…

Clonmel Chronicle, 6 July 1881  In late June 1881, Algernon Parkins Purchase died in tragic circumstances whilst serving in the crew of the H.M.S. Hercules. The Clonmel Chronicle reprinted the letter of condolence sent to his father, Nicholas Sampson Purchase,…

Nenagh Guardian, 29 June 1881 With the Land War raging, a potentially explosive sale of “the interest of the tenants” of a number of farms took place in Thurles in late June 1881. Sales such as these were known to…

Clonmel Chronicle, 6 July 1881 When America celebrated its Independence Day in 1881, there were 38 states in the USA . Or was it 39? Perhaps carried away in the celebrations, some Thurles Yankophiles swapped John Bull for Uncle Sam…

  Nenagh Guardian 2 July 1881   July 1881’s arrival, like 2016's, was a wet one, and the fact was lamented in this piece from the Nenagh Guardian. The article proves one thing: for dozens of generations, Irish people have always…

  The Clonmel Chronicle, 27 June 1896 Late June 1896, and Colonel the Hon. George Hugh Gough, C.B.'s time as Commanding Officer of the King's 14th Hussars was coming to a close. The Clonmel Chronicle captured his final inspection of…

Midland Counties' Advertiser, 18 June 1896 A little bit of dry humour in the Midland Counties' Advertiser, as the reporter adds his witty contribution to the report of an unruly Cloughjordan schoolboy. Whilst today the voices demanding the return of…

  Nationalist, 27 June 1896 Co. Tipperary Petty Sessions heard a curious case in June 1896, which had a distinctly African feel about it. Before Col. Evanson R.M. was a gentleman who had armed himself with something approaching an assegai,…