In 1766 Fr Nicholas Sheehy Parish Priest of Clogheen, Burncourt and Ballyporeen was hung, drawn and quartered having being tried and found guilty of being an accessory to murder. It is believed that these charges were false and that it…
Nationalist, 9 September 1989 For a county with the kind of hurling pedigree of Tipperary’s, 18 years is an awful long time to wait for an All Ireland. The tale of woe of Tipperary hurling during the 1970s and ‘80s…
Lecture 1: ‘My Grandfather, Thomas MacDonagh and Kilkenny’, Ms. Lucille Redmond Thursday September 1st. 7.00 pm to 8.30 pm In September 1901, Thomas MacDonagh arrived in Kilkenny, appointed to teach English in St Kieran's College.…
For the last quarter of a century Tipperary Historical Society has been documenting the county's rich historic past through its annual Journal, a publication that is eagerly anticipated each year by its enthusiastic membership. Since 1988 a myriad of topics…
Tipperary Star, 8 August 1942 Water, porter, petrol and tea. Four liquids that, during the Emergency, regularly got councillors’ danders up. August 1942 and, with the effects of rationing beginning to bite, the members of Cashel Urban Council were…
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this fifth and final instalment, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this fourth part of five, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
Military historian Tom Burnell (author of ‘The War Dead’ series and ‘Irishmen in the Great War’) has compiled a five-part list of statistics pertaining to the Irish casualties for World War I. In this third part of 5, Tom lists alphabetically the cemeteries…
