1933 – Killenaule’s Lazarus Wants a Council House
Tipperary Star, 8 April 1933 Council houses were hard things to secure in the 1930s. People were killing eachother over them. They were even killing themselves, if only temporarily...
1834 – Murderer White Faces Dreaded Plight
Tipperary Free Press, 29 March 1834 The courthouse in Clonmel saw plenty of use in the lawless years of the 1830s, and for the Spring Assizes of 1834 it adjudicated on 57 murder charges. Only one of these, however, resulted…
Tipperary Historical Journal Launch, 20 May
The 30th edition of the Tipperary Historical Journal will be launched on Saturday, 20 May @3pm in The Source, Thurles. Prof. Mike Cronin, Boston College, Dublin and Director of Century Ireland project will launch the 2017 Journal, which will be…
1862 – A Furious Faith Fight in Fethard
Tipperary Free Press, 11 March 1862 The rather snippy correspondence between Rev. Hiffernan of the Church of Ireland and Rev. Hogan, his Roman Catholic counterpart, relative to the death-bed conversion of a Fethard man. "You are to mind your…
1941 – White Gloves Surprise for Clonmel Assize
The Nationalist, 29 March 1941 A report of a "Maiden Assize" in Clonmel in 1941. Maiden Assizes occurred when a court hearing sat with no criminal offences in front of it to be tried, and in such circumstances it was…
21 March: Des Marnane, ‘South Tipperary Volunteers, 1913-1921’
'South Tipperary 1913-1921' 'Some thoughts on the Volunteers/IRA in South Tipperary 1913-1921' is the final talk in the present Tipperary County Council Libraries lecture series. It takes place in The Source, Thurles on Tuesday 21st March at 7.30pm. The speaker…
1998 – Cloughjordan’s Charlie Steers a Legend Home
Nenagh Guardian, 21 March 1998 Report from the front page of the Nenagh Guardian on the events of that week in Prestbury Park, Cheltenham, when one National Hunt icon carried another to glory in the Champion Hurdle. Even those with…
1945 – All Is Not Well With the Clock in Clonmel
The Nationalist, 7 March 1945 It’s been stuck at a quarter past four for a fortnight, but the exasperated Editor of the Nationalist assures the town’s populace that the Main Guard Clock is near relief...
Fenian Walk And Glankeen Commemorative Event – Sun, 5 March
Fenian Walk And Glankeen Commemorative Event Sunday. 5th of March, marks the 150th anniversary of the Fenian Rising. On that night in 1867, bands of Fenians rose out all over the country in what was the first attempt ever to…
1933 – Fianna Fail’s Glee After Election ’33
Clonmel Chronicle 4 February 1933 In comparison to days gone by, the aftermath of election counts in Ireland these days are fairly tame affairs. You spend the evening on the couch, battling valiantly not to nod off, watching Brian, Sharon,…