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TG4 Boosts Support For Return Of Derrynaflan Hoard

The arrival in Thurles on Thursday afternoon of RTÉ -TG4 television journalist Tomás Ó Mainnín to St.Mary’s Famine Museum, has given a huge boost to the campaign by the Thurles tourist group ‘Hidden Tipperary,’ latter who are calling for the repatriation of the Derrynaflan Hoard back to The Source Exhibition Centre in central Thurles.

The […]

Recent Books From Thurles Author Flan Quigney

Here at Thurles.Info we get regular requests, mainly from elderly Irish people living & working abroad, asking for details of publications containing stories, anecdotes etc. which would remind them of home & past memories. Two such books have appeared in recent months, both of which make for most enjoyable holiday reading and […]

Thurles & Clonmel Campuses Open Day

LIT-Tipperary are holding an open day in both Thurles and Clonmel campuses today, the 29th of April.

This event is taking place on the Thurles campus from 10am-12am and on the Clonmel campus from 2pm-4pm.

As part of this open day, lecturers and staff will be on-hand to answer queries from pupils who are interested […]

Happy Birthday Fr. Joe

Front Row: Josephine Cantwell, Gerry Bowe, Fr Joe Tynan & Phyllis GalvinBack Row: Thomas Cantwell, Ger Cantwell, Billy Ryan, Liam McGuire & Jim Russell..

The picture above captures the recent presentation, from the Borris-Moyasta Group, to Fr.Joe Tynan C.C. Moycarkey-Borris, on the occasion of his 50th birthday.

History was made recently in the […]

Repatriation Of Derrynaflan Hoard To Thurles Tipperary

Efforts to organise the repatriation of the Derrynaflan Hoard back to its native home in Thurles Co. Tipperary were highlighted in yesterdays morning’s edition of the Independent newspaper & today’s Irish Examiner (page 4)

The leading Irish newspapers stated that an organisation in Tipperary, called Hidden Tipperary, is calling for the permanent relocation of the […]