February 21st Dr Barry O'Reilly Traditional hamlets in Ireland Our traditional hamlets form a very interesting and attractive part of the human landscape in Ireland. However, they tend to receive very little attention. This talk highlights the importance of these…
Irish Times, 1 January 1974 The late Ida Grehan was a feature writer for the Irish Times, and in the first edition of that paper in 1974 she regales the readers with her recent visit to Clonmel. The poor old…
Four Tipperary saints The lives of Colum of Terryglass, Crónán of Roscrea, Mochaomhóg of Leigh and Ruadhán of Lorrha Pádraig Ó Riain Paperback €8.95 Catalogue Price: €9.95 ISBN: 978-1-84682-550-7 November 2014. 160pp; ills. When St Patrick was leaving Munster via…
Tipperary Star, 10 January 1959 Greasers, Mods, Rockers, Punks, Emos, Skinheads, Metalheads, Goths, Hippies, Ravers, Grungers, New Romantics... the list is endless. Every decade has given rise to a number of youth subcultures that have invariably frightened the living daylights…
The annual Soloheadbeg ambush commemoration will be held on Sunday, 29 January. Assemble at Coffey's Forge at 2.15 pm.
Tipperary Catholic landed gentry of the 18th Century - Paddy Ryan In the January lecture from the Tipperary People and Places series Paddy Ryan will examine the Tipperary Catholic landed gentry of the 18th century. Targeted by the Penal Laws,…
Clonmel Chronicle, 15 January 1876 If you were to believe the newspapers of the time, salmon poaching was big business in the second half of the 19th Century. Many column inches were taken up with reports of prosecutions, arrests and…
Nenagh Guardian, 14 December 1895 The Workhouses were very tightly run ships in the late 1800s: luxuries were non-existant, waste was not tolerated and malingerers were discouraged. The Board of each Union always sought to cut their overheads and bring…
Nenagh Guardian, 30 December 1911 It's over a century since this yuletide report was published, but in it we can see so many familiar Christmas traditions that still endure. The postal staff are rushed off their feet. Town is thronged…
Nationalist, 16 December 1899 When the Second Boer War broke out in October 1899, many in the Empire believed, as they did at the outbreak of so many wars both before and since, that “The boys will be home for…