December, 2008 - Thurles Information

Littleton and Horse & Jockey Bypassed and The Farm Installation Scheme

The Tipperary villages of Littleton and Horse & Jockey are today enjoying a new lease of life with the removal of 16,000 vehicles per day from them.

Independent Deputy Michael Lowry (Pictured here turning on the Thurles Christmas Lights) has welcomed the official opening of the Cullahill to Cashel road project by the Minister for […]

Question – Does Santa Claus Really Exist?

Eight-year-old Laura Virginia O’Hanlon Douglas, from 115 West Ninety Fifth Street, Manhatton New York, wrote a letter to the editor of New York’s Sun, in 1897, asking this same question. She wrote:

Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. Papa says, ‘If you see […]

Tom Noone – Premier Short Story Competition Winner 2008

Thurles man Tom Noone is the 2008 winner of the Tipp Reads/Premier Short Story Competition and was presented recently with his prize by best selling author Frank Delaney.

His short story entitled ‘The Boy Who Knew Things‘ draws its readers, possibly, back to the late 1950 or early sixties in rural Ireland.

In this remarkable […]

Santa Claus – He’s Making A List, He’s Checking It Twice

Maria Hartigan and Declan Brown are one Tipperary couple who obviously were on their best behavior over the past year. This was confirmed by the early surprise visit of Santa Claus, who dropped down the chimney for a chat, following their recent marriage at St Anne’s Church, Clonmore, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Following their wedding […]

Slates Up – Making History Come Alive For Primary Students

‘Slates Up!” (ISBN: 9780950928944) enables pupils to discover what life was like in a nineteenth century primary school. It is a publication designed to support the 1999 Primary History Curriculum. It aims is to better equip teachers with true primary sources relating to schools in early nineteenth century Ireland.

A primary source is a piece […]