April, 2009 - Thurles Information

Sean Kelly -The GAA Should Buy The Haye’s Hotel Before It Is Too Late

European Parliament hopeful and former GAA President Mr Sean Kelly called on the GAA to purchase the Haye’s Hotel Thurles.

Mr Kelly called on the GAA to establish this historic building as a tourist attraction and to incorporate the Lár Na Pairce museum as a memorial to that meeting in the Davin room, 125 years […]

Collecting Irish Welfare Payments – Photo ID required

As the numbers claiming welfare increases significantly, the Department of Social and Family Affairs are introducing stricter identity checks in Post Offices throughout the country for people collecting Social Welfare payments. Minister and Thurles native Mary Hanafin T.D., stated:

“Tighter security checks are necessary as part of the crackdown on those claiming a jobseeker payment […]

All-Ireland Colleges Final And Allianz League Venues

Thurles CBS completed a dream season when they claimed the All-Ireland Colleges SAHC [Croke Cup] with a 1-17 to 1-15 win over Good Counsel at Semple Stadium on Easter Monday.

In an early contender for match of the year, Thurles made up for the heartache of their loss to DLS Waterford last year.

Good […]

Easter Egg Origins.

The Easter egg, distributed widely to children at Easter time, symbolises the start of new life, just as when a chick hatches from it’s shell, a new life is born.

The western name for the festival of Easter derives from the Germanic word Eostre. The pre-Christian Saxons had a spring goddess called Eostre, whose feast […]