1966 – No Way, We Won’t Pay!
Tipperary Star, 2 July 1966 An article from the 1966 Tipperary Star that could just as easily have been written a few months ago. It’s been 50 years since the article was penned but the problems facing the Irish water…
1865 – Free Press Aims Some Digs at John Bagwell and The Whigs
Tipperary Free Press, 14 July 1865 The Bagwell connections to Clonmel go back to Cromwellian times, when the Quaker merchant family established itself in the town. The progression of the 18th Century saw the Bagwells grow ever closer to…
1845 – The Incredible Deeds of Two Clonmel Steeds
Tipperary Free Press, 26 June 1845 The report of what seemed to be a rather unorthodox horse race from Clonmel in 1845. No doubt both Greer’s and Prettyman’s horses would have scoffed at today’s Beecher’s Brook, especially since they were…
1976 – A Heartfelt Plea from the Isle of Man T.T.
Tipperary Star, 26 June 1976 Now, we are nothing – nothing! – if not hopeless romantics here in Tipperary Studies so we’re giving this hopeful letter to the Editor of the Tipperary Star another airing. If Jean is reading this…
Tom Burnell’s ’26 County Casualties of The Great War’ on Amazon Now
Tom Burnell's '26 County Casualties of the Great War, Vols 1-15' are available to purchase on Amazon now: https://www.amazon.co.uk/…/1546405372/…/258-9845877-9767454… … In 1923 8 volumes of ‘Ireland’s Memorial Records’ were published, the purpose of which were to provide a remembrance of…
1926 – “Picturesque Powerstown” Promises Bracing Racing
Clonmel Chronicle 26 June 1926 The Editorial of the Clonmel Chronicle does its bit to advertise the upcoming race meeting at Powerstown Park: after reading you’d feel the want to fill the hamper with cucumber sandwiches and Pimm’s, get the…
1909 – Nenagh Priest in a Strop Because of Kids On the Hop
Nenagh Guardian, 30 June 1909 A good, old fashioned rant about truancy from the Nenagh altar by Fr. Hogan. Now, we all know that we have it soft these days – our grandparents told us often enough – but they…
Fourth Glenstal History Conference – 30 June – 2 July 2017
Fourth Glenstal History Conference The Augustinian Canons and Canonesses in Medieval Ireland Friday 30 June - Sunday 2 July 2017 Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Co. Limerick Conference programme and booking details: http://www.glenstal.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Glenstal-History-Conference-Programme.pdf
1854 – Marigolds Hide the Sins of Cashel’s Stolen Sovereigns
Clonmel Chronicle, 14 & 28 June 1854 Some good police work from Cashel in 1854. When a Bristol potato buyer was relieved of 52 sovereigns in that town it looked as though his fortune was gone forever. Not so. The…
