Podcast 47; A Tipperary Town MD II
Jermiah Dowling's diary gives us a glimpse into the life of a 19th Century doctor in a small town. He describes a visit to the sea at Kilkee, in Clare and the wedding of his sister, decked out in white…
Clonmel Charter School
Silver Spring house in #Clonmel has an interesting history. Originally built at a cost of £907 as a Charter boarding school it opened in 1748. The school was set up by the 'Incorporated Society for the promotion of Protestant Schools…
Putting Clonmel’s History on the Map
OpenStreetMap want your help for Heritage Week. They want to map all the history of #Clonmel by adding buildings, plaques, memorials etc. The possibilities are almost endless in what to add, even old street names, old uses of buildings, architects for buildings…
Podcast 46; Judkin Fitzgerald
Tipperary, usually to the forefront in rebellions was relatively subdued in 1798. This was in a large part due to the extreme measures employed by the county High Sheriff, Thomas Judkin Fitzgerald. Who earned the nickname 'Flogging Fitzgerald' for his…
Podcast 45: George Borrow I
George Borrow, a novelist most famous for his book Lavengro, spent some time in Clonmel, Co. Tipperary as a boy. His father was a military man and the family moved between postings until George was a teenager. While in Clonmel…
Podcast 44; A Tipperary Town MD I
Todays podcast introduces Dr. Jeremiah Dowling and his diary. Dr Dowling was the Medical officer for the #Tipperary Workhouse for a period of 45 years during which he kept a diary. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/a-tipperary-town-md
The Workhouse Schools 1839 – c.1914
Education in the workhouse was based on the system used by the Board of National Education using the same books as the national schools. Whilst the Board of National Education had no power over the workhouse schools, it could offer…
1922 – Present : National schools (post Independence)
Sewing and knitting were still taught to girls until the late 20th century. Here are samples of the type of projects children learned from first class onwards in a Tipperary school circa 1970
Quaker Schools in Clonmel 1789-1864
While a meeting in Knockgraffon in 1701 mentions getting an English schoolmaster to teach the societies children, the first recorded Quaker schools in Clonmel were established towards the end of the 18th century. A charity school was set up in 1789…
National Schools (pre- Independence) 1831- 1922
Tipperary Studies holds records for a number of Tipperary national schools the registers for Borrisofarney and Gortagarry National Schools, these can be viewed here Borrisofarney 1864 – 1920 Gortagarry 1899 – 1902