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…
1889 – From Workhouse to Jail, a Tramp Tells His Tale
The Nenagh Guardian, 16 January 1889 How did the poverty stricken of the late 19th Century find themselves in their unhappy circumstance? In January 1889 this curious journalist, whose name is unfortunately not recorded, was bothered enough to try…
1950 – “Drill, Baby, Drill!” in the Shade of Keeper Hill
The Nationalist, 7 January 1950 We’ve struck oil! Somebody ring OPEC and tell them to send on the application forms, we’re taking our place amongst the oil-producing nations of the world. Or perhaps not...
1830 – The Liberator’s Tour Stops at Carrick on Suir
The Clonmel Chronicle, 23 January 1830 In early 1830, Daniel O’Connell was at the peak of his powers. The previous year he had led the successful charge for Catholic Emancipation, and a matter of days after this fleeting visit to…
1963 – Tipperary Headin’ for Snowmageddon
The Tipperary Star, 5 January 1963 January 1963 was the coldest of the 20th Century. By the turn of the New Year the country's usual mild Atlantic regime had been replaced by a bitter East wind, the prolonged presence of…