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…
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…
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
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…
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
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…
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
In 1695 under the penal laws a ban on all education not through the established (Anglican) church was imposed in Ireland. In immediate response hedge schools started to appear around the country from the early 1700’s, becoming the most common…
Silver Spring House in Clonmel has an interesting history. Originally built at a cost of £907, it opened in 1748 as a charter boarding school. The school was set up by the ‘Incorporated Society for the promotion of Protestant Schools…
The Clonmel Grammar School grew from a Jesuit school set up after the dissolution of the monasteries. This school was damaged by fire in 1640 and was closed under the penal laws in 1650. It was reopened in 1653 under…