'Might be better designated slaughterhouse' – Auxiliary Workhouses in Ireland. John Flannery will be giving this talk on October 20th and it is not one to miss. Drawing on reports from the Tipperary Vindicator of 1849, John digs into the…
Our Famine era PLU minute books go live this Friday. The PLU Minute Book Digital Archive will be launched next Friday 28 May, at 12 noon, by Cllr Michael Smith, Cathaoirleach, Tipperary County Council. Check them out at http://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/
The Society of Friends also known as Quakers, did incredible charitable work during the Irish Famine, setting up well organised and structured relief efforts and also reporting on conditions. In February 1847 Robert Davis of Clonmel rode through South Tipperary…