Templemore is well known as the location of the Garda College, which has been the national training faculty for the Garda Síochána na hÉireann since 1964. The complex has a long and interesting history as a military barracks, having opened…
Recruiting was one of the principal themes of the First World War and serves as an excellent way of measuring the political temperature in Tipperary. This paper will examine the recruiting campaigns, methods used to encourage enlistment, and the response…
When Bridget Cleary was burned to death in Ballyvadlea, near Cloneen, in 1895, some of her relatives and neighbours said she had gone away with the fairies. Did they expect to be believed, or what did they mean? Angela Bourke,…
Fr John Barry (1841-1920), a priest of Cashel archdiocese, was a controversial figure. While serving in Canada, he was dismissed by the archbishop of Toronto; on returning to Ireland he was forced to enter Clonmel workhouse. His testament is among…
Ardmayle Heritage Society Will host a talk The Somme 1916: Kettle died Dalton survived Speaker: Michael Desmond Venue: St. John’s Church, Ardmayle Date: Thursday October 20th at 8pm All are welcome
Tipperary Free Press, 10 & 24 October 1879 It must have been music to the ears of South Tipperary's prisoners and workhouse inmates - in October 1879 Clonmel Corporation took possession of a steam-powered stone breaker. And its first…
The Dunkerrin Parish History Society lecture series resumes on Monday 24th October at 8.15pm in Obama Plaza. Helen O'Brien will deliver a lecture on 'The Famine in Toomevara 1845-52'.
Tipperary Star, 30 September 1933 It was a landmark day in the history of the town when, in September 1933, it was announced that Thurles would be home to one of three new sugar factories. The industrial and agricultural landscape…
