Emly Historical Society is delighted to present the following events for Heritage Week 2017: • Date: Monday 21st August Time: 7.30pm Location: ‘Sarsfields Rock’, beside Templebraden Church. Historian Dr Liam Irwin will speak on the life and achievements of Patrick…
Tipperary Star, 15 August 1998 It's something one always needs to be wary of when tramping through the glens and meadows of Co. Tipperary - "The Bull". They can spring out of anywhere and it's a scientific fact that every…
The Limerick, Tipperary & Waterford Examiner, 17 August 1859 If you had the misfortune of being arrested by the police in Clonmel during August 1859, it would appear that help was at hand and you stood a good chance…
Sean Tyrrells 'Message of peace', The life of John Boyle O'Reilly in Song and Story Abymill Theatre Saturday 19th August @ 8 pm Fethard Historical Society
The theme for Heritage Week 2017 is "Nature", and to celebrate we are delighted to present George Cunningham's musings on all things tree-related, from home and abroad. Historian and author George Cunningham has a lifelong interest in trees and has…
Heritage week in Tipperary Studies Do you want to see an original Military Cross medal or hear about the lore of Irish trees? On Monday 21st August, Heritage week is marked by Tipperary Studies with a dual event in The…
The Nationalist, 8 August 1945 On 6 August 1945 President of the USA, Harry S. Truman, finished one chapter in the history of foreign relations and immediately started another: the dropping of the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city…
Nenagh Guardian, 20 July 1864 With the summer weather being the way it has over the last number of years, can one imagine such a law as this being enforced these days?
Freeman's Journal, 6 July 1810 Landlords and their agents were made of stern stuff in early 19th Century Ireland, and they needed to be. Agrarian violence was rampant at the time and, as ever the case, if there was turmoil…
