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Borrisokane Library Reading Tree Party!!!

September 2nd, 2010 · No Comments

Borrisokane Library Reading Tree Party will be held on Wednesday 8th September at 6pm, with Special Guests!!! Make sure and bring things to get them signed!!!!

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Overall Winner of Bealtaine Over 55s Photography Competition

May 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Congratulations to John Landy, the winner of Tipperary Libraries recent photography competition. John is from Cashel and only recently took up photography. He himself wasn’t sure if “he was any good”, but that’s obviously not in any doubt now! The competiton judges said John’s entry “Swan Lake” was the clear winner, but praised the standard of all entries from around the county. Photostation, Thurles kindly sponsered all prizes. The winning and selected photographs are currently on display at Cashel library and will move to Nenagh library next week.

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Bank Holiday Hours

April 30th, 2010 · No Comments

Branch libraries are closed Saturday 1st May to Monday 3rd May inclusive. To renew your books online click here and use your library card number and PIN.

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Killenaule: Slieveardagh Heritage Group

April 23rd, 2010 · No Comments

The Slieveardagh Heritage Group that meet in Killenaule Library every Tuesday evening between 6.30pm and 8pm took part in a Nationwide Programme on 21st April 2010. Two of the members, Liam Noonan and Willie Quinlan discussed the O Tunny Carvings on the Medieval Butler Tomb in Kilcooley Abbey, which is North of Killenaule. The O Tunny’s were noted sculptors from the Callan School of Sculptor and have carved a number of funerary monuments in the South East including Cashel, Thurles and Kilcooley. This programme can be viewed here.

This group produced a calandar depicting the Apostle Weepers on this tomb in 2010 and a copy of this is available in Kilenaule Library.

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Killenaule: Local History Group Record Graveyards

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments

The Local History Group of the Slieveardagh area which meet every Tuesday evening between 6pm and 8pm in Killenaule Library continue to record data from all the Graveyards in the area. To date they have recorded the inscriptions and symbols of all readable and visible graves in both Boulick and Fennor Graveyards. “It has been a very enjoyable exercise”, says Joseph Hogan, local historian, ”and the Library has been a invaluable to our research.” The next project is the graveyards around Ballingarry. This group hopes to develop a website dedicated to this information in the near future. Copies of recorded graves are available in Killenaule Library.

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Tipperary Studies regrets the death of Marcus Bourke

April 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Tipperary Libraries regrets to announce the recent death of Marcus Bourke noted GAA historian and former editor of the Tipperary Historical Journal. Marcus was well known and very popular in both sporting and historical circles throughout the county. A memorial mass will be held in the convent church, Tipperary town on Saturday 17th April at 12 p.m . Burial of his ashes will take place immediately afterwards in Templenoe graveyard.

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Local Studies: Tipperary People and Places lecture series

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments

On Tuesday 16^th February last Richard O’Brien delivered our penultimate lecture in the 2009/2010 Tipperary People and Places Lecture Series. Richard is an archaeologist with the NRA, based in Limerick, and has written articles in a number of journals and similar publications. His lecture was entitled “New archaeological discoveries from the National Roads Authorities’ work in Co. Tipperary”, and it gave the sizeable attending crowd a very fascinating and informative glimpse into the work undertaken, and evidence found, by Richard and his colleagues.

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Thurles: Tipperary Studies lecture series

January 14th, 2010 · No Comments

Tuesday January 19^th 2010, 7.30 p.m.

Dr. William J. Smyth: The Challenge of Early Mapping in Ireland

William J. Smyth, a native of Tipperary and Chair of Geography at University College Cork since 1977, previously lectured in American universities and University College Dublin. He has published widely on Ireland’s social and cultural geography. He is a former editor of Irish Geography, co editor of Common Ground: essays on the historical geography of Ireland, and author of Map-making, landscapes and memory: a geography of colonial and early modern Ireland c.1530-1750. He was a contributor to Tipperary: history and society.

Admission is free and refreshments will be served from 7 p.m.

PLEASE NOTE CAR PARKING IS AVAILABLE AT THE MUNSTER HOTEL (Cathedral St.) AND ULSTER BANK (Liberty Squre) CAR PARKS

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Thurles Library: The Gleeson Scrapbook Donation

December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Mary Gleeson, last surviving member of the Gleeson family of Moyaliffe very kindly donated The Gleeson Scrapbook to Tipperary Studies. The sports scrapbook, whilst mainly containing hurling and football articles and photographs also has athletics, horse racing, greyhound racing, cycling, boxing and coursing. Matt Gleeson, friend of Sam Melbourne spent his life collecting this material and after his death in 1990 the scrapbook passed to his brother Jack. Tipperary Studies is very grateful to Mary for entrusting this most interesting item to our care. The Sam Melbourne collection is also available for viewing in Tipperary Studies.

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Thurles Library: Tipperary Studies November lecture

November 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Tuesday 17^th November saw a large gathering of Tipperary GAA followers visit The Source to hear Dr Paul Rouse’s highly entertaining lecture on the First All Ireland Final ; Tipperary versus Galway, April 1^st 1888. Paul proved to be an excellent speaker and the lecture was greatly enjoyed by all present.