Kickham Country Weekend
Running from Thursday 3rd May to Sunday 6th May in Mullinahone. The weekend is opened with a cheese & Wine reception at 7.30pm and a talk by Billy Keane on 'Rural Ireland Today' followed by music in The Stack of Barley. On…
Launch of Denis G. Marnane’s “The 3rd Brigade”, Tuesday 10 April
All are welcome to The Source, Thurles, on Tuesday 10th April at 7.30pm to the launch of ‘The 3rd Brigade: a history of the Volunteers/IRA in South Tipperary, 1913 – 1921’ by Denis G. Marnane and published by Tipperary County…
Tipperary Studies Closed Thursday 1 – Sat 3 March (Incl.)
Due to the Status Red Met Éireann Weather Warning and extreme weather conditions Tipperary Studies will be closed on Thursday 1, Friday 2 and Saturday 3 March. We will re-open on Monday 5 March at 9.30am. We apologise for the…
20 March – Dr. Pat Bracken, “Horse Racing in Co. Tipperary, 1840-1880”
Our final meeting of the season takes place on Tuesday 20 March at The Source, Thurles, when our own Dr. Pat Bracken talks about "Horse Racing in Co. Tipperary, 1840-80" Going to post 7.30pm Going is expected to be Good.…
1893 – Tipperary Miser Leaves a Stash of Over a Grand in “Hard Cash”
The Nationalist, 15 February 1893 Frugality pays. It certainly pays when you’re a bachelor herring salesman in Tipperary Town with a regular cash stream flowing in from Australia. £1,000 in 1893 would be worth somewhere in the region of…
1952 – “It’s a Long Way” to This Chantilly Café
The Tipperary Star, 9 February 1952 Keen equine enthusiasts will know Chantilly well. The historic town outside Paris is home to one of the most beautifully set racetracks in the world. Foodies will, of course, be familiar with Chantilly Cream,…
1835 – The Clonmel Herald Will Endure Pope Gregory’s Irish Tour
The Clonmel Herald, 14 February 1835 If religious tolerance was what you were after then the pages of Tipperary’s newspapers during the mid 1800s were not the places to go looking for it. As well as holding polar views…
February Lecture: Dr. Bernadette Whelan, ‘American propaganda and Ireland, 1917-18’, 20 Feb
Due to unforeseen circumstances, our speaker for February has had to postpone her talk. It is hoped that it will be rescheduled during the 2018 – 2019 series. In the meantime, Dr Bernadette Whelan of University of Limerick has kindly…
1945 – Avert Doom in Toome, Become a Groom and Jump the Broom!
The Nenagh Guardian, 20 & 27 January; 3 February 1945 The notes from Toomevara parish in the run up to Lent, the traditional time for matchmaking in rural Ireland. The author of this column appears to have been heavily influenced…