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Thurles Golf Club Celebrates Centenary Year – Seeking Anecdotes And Memorabilia

One of the more successful, popular and historic golf clubs in Ireland, Thurles Golf Club, will celebrate it’s Centenary this year, 2009.

To mark this occasion the Club’s Committee are preparing a short historical type journal, which, it is hoped will to be completed and printed by the end of May 2009.

This Journal will […]

Cornelius O’Fogarty’s Harp – A Visual Treat For Tourists In Thurles

Thurles town has many well kept historical secrets as yet to be viewed by discerning tourists. Over the coming weeks and months Thurles.Info will reveal many of these closely guarded secrets for the first time, to the rest of the world.

We start here with the O’Fogarty Harp ( Also spelt O’Ffogarty, O’Ffogerty)

Harp Details:

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Thurles Bank Robbery – Thieves Foiled by Front Door

Gardaí in Thurles, Co.Tipperary are appealing for help from the the public, following an attempted robbery at the Ulster Bank in in the town, at about 5.00pm yesterday evening.

The thieves attempted to ram the front doors of the Ulster Bank in the town shortly after it closed for business on Friday evening, using a […]

Marie And Philip – Tie The Knot

Tipperary beauty Marie Costello and well known Tipperary GAA star Philip Maher are pictured here, following their recent wedding at the Church of St Laurence O’Toole, Inch, Thurles, Co.Tipperary.

Following their wedding ceremony, the happy couple entertained their guests to a reception in the historic and magnificent Georgian setting of Inch Country House, situated […]

Blessed are the peacemakers – CMC Win Tipperary International Peace Prize

World wide campaigners, who helped secure the recent global ban on “Cluster Bombs” are this years recipients of the Tipperary International Peace Prize.

Last month, 94 countries, including Ireland, signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, a treaty soon to outlaw the use, manufacture and stockpiling of cluster bombs, following its endorsement on May 30th. […]