Knocklong History Weekend 2016 The Knocklong History Weekend 2016 will take place in Knocklong, Co. Limerick on the 13th, 14thand 15th of May. This is a unique annual event, focusing on the Irish Revolution in Munster. It commemorates…
Tipperary Vindicator 21 April 1847 The Hon. William Edward FitzMaurice was the Conservative MP for Buckinghamshire during the 14th British Parliament. When, in April of 1847, he declared that the County of Tipperary was in a state of "perfect pandemonium"…
On Tuesday 12 April Dr. William Murphy of DCU concluded out 2015/16 Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series with his rescheduled lecture titled "The German Plot Prisoners: Stopping the Hunt and Tipperary, 1918-19". In a very entertaining and descriptive talk…
Consultation is FREE but BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL: studies@tipperarycoco.ie / 0504 29278
Dunkerrin Parish History Society's next lecture takes place on Thursday 14th April at 8.30pm in Obama Plaza. Seamus King will speak on "The History of Hurling Before 1884". Entry 5 euro, members free.
Tipperary Free Press, 24 April 1847 April 1847 and Ireland's over-reliance on the potato as a staple had been tragically and horrifically exposed many months previous. Desperate attempts had been made to provide a substitute for the starving population, perhaps…
The Tipperary Vindicator, 3 April 1847 The newspapers of the 19th Century were great places to stage long-running feuds. In an age when the radio was still a far off prospect, belligerents were left to duel it out in games…
Our rescheduled November lecture will take place on Tuesday, 12 April at 7.30 pm. Dr William Murphy The German Plot Prisoners, Stopping the Hunt and Tipperary, 1918-1919 In May 1918, in response to Sinn Féin opposition to the threat of…
