1927 – Clonmel’s New Outboard Motor Suir to Thrill Every Boater
The Nationalist, 24 December 1927 Well, as soon as they read this advertisement in The Nationalist of December 1927 the skippers of the Suir must have made bonfires out of their oars:
1923 – Billy Goat’s Substitute Causes Fierce Trespass Dispute
The Tipperary Star, 8 December 1923 A little cracker of a court case which includes possibly the finest response to the question “How long is your grandfather dead” ever heard in a Tipperary Court:
1842 – Cunning Outlaw Attempts to Flee Jumping House to House in Donaskeagh
The Nenagh Guardian, 19 November 1842 You've probably seen something like this before, acted out in a Tom and Jerry or Bugs Bunny cartoon, or somesuch...
1960 – Remember Niemba
The Munster Tribune, 11 November 1960 In November of 1960 a new word entered the Irish lexicon, a term of abuse that was aimed at someone thought to be especially uncivilised, savage or backward: “Baluba”. The word was derived from…
1926 – Borris Concert Report Interwoven With Fanciful Moonlit Tales of Beethoven
The Tipperary Star, 6 November 1926 The headline of this report is a misleading one. No, Ludwig van Beethoven did not play his Moonlight Sonata in Borrisoleigh Parochial Hall. In fact, no-one played the Moonlight Sonata in Borrisoleigh Parochial…
1909 – Clonmel Town is Quite Irate About Carrick’s Jibes at Her Death Rate
The Nationalist, 13 November 1909 Water. It seems like we’re always falling out over it. The year was 1909, and Clonmel had access to piped water, whilst Carrick on Suir did not. And that was the way one Carrick councillor…
1954 – Something More Solemn for Nelson’s Column?
The Tipperary Star, 23 October 1954 The erection of Nelson’s Pillar on Sackville Street in Dublin was completed in 1809, and from that day on it was the preoccupation of many Irish Nationalists as to how they could take…
1895 – Neighbour’s Roguery and Some Cahir Pishoguery
Clonmel Chronicle, 5 October 1895 It was 1895 and Bridget Cleary was a little over 6 months in her grave. That horrific case highlighted the place of "pishogues" - traditional Irish superstition - in the mindset of the Irish peasantry,…
1906 – Match is Cursed as Three Footballs Are Burst
The Nationalist, 29 October 1906 To paraphrase that great aficionado of Gaelic Football, Mr. Oscar Wilde; “To lose one football may be regarded as a misfortune; To lose both looks like carelessness; To lose a third smacks of someone sticking…
1930 – Loughmore’s Sermons About Industrious Germans
The Tipperary Star, 11 October 1930 The Rev. J. Russell of Loughmore was home from a recent trip to Germany, and he liked what he saw there, so much so that he appealed to the people of his parish to…