September 27, 2012 - Thurles Information

Tipperary AMD Free Eye Tests

Every September, leading sight charities and organisations come together to help raise awareness of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), the leading cause of blindness among adults over fifty years old here in Ireland and which affects one in every ten people.

Members of the Association of Optometrists are offering free eye tests during AMD Week […]

Happy Birthday Ursuline Community

September 27th. 2012 marks the 225th birthday of the foundation of the Ursuline Community, here in Thurles, Co Tipperary.

On this date 225 years ago, on September 27th, 1787 Anastasia Tobin was professed as Sr. Clare Ursula in the Ursuline Convent, in Co Cork, before coming back to her native town of Thurles.

She took […]