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 It is time to get those creative writing juices flowing again. Well, that is if you feel that you have the necessary creative skills to write a short story.
In conjunction with the “Tipperary Reads Festival,” Tipperary Libraries are again running their now popular ‘Short Story Competition.’
The competition is open to all Adults and Senior Cycle secondary school students. The story must be between 2,000 (Minimum) and 3,000 words (Maximum) and all entries must be the original work of the author and previously not published.
There will be just one prize of €200 for the best story, with the winner being announced during the well heralded and welcome visit by Patrick Gale to Tipperary Libraries in November next.
Stories may be submitted by email to thurles@tipperarylibraries.ie or as hard copy (preferably on CD) to Thurles library, in The Source centre, Cathedral Street, Thurles.
Note: Closing date for your submission is 01/10/2012 & if further details are required please contact your local Thurles library or Phone 0504 29720.
Attention all those involved in the Tipperary Tourism Industry. At long last a new, intelligent, modern, Tourism Guide has hit the book shelves here in Co Tipperary.
To be more accurate this Guide, is more akin to a rich colourful coffee table publication, allowing guests / readers to sit and be entertained, thus inspiring conversation and alleviating boredom. The pages contained, consist of high quality photographs and illustrations, accompanied by captions and small blocks of explanatory text, shown directly opposite each picture.
 New Tourist Guide "Destination Cashel." This book, which contains some 180 pages of valuable information about Tipperary, is now a compulsory purchase for all Tourist Accommodation Providers in Tipperary. If any tourists out there are reading this blog, here is the ultimate tourist guide to purchase, not just to find areas of interest while you are amongst us, but to keep and cherish as a memory & to show to friends, as you relate what we hope will be a memorable tale and a wonderful experiences of your travels in Tipperary.
This Guide, which I hasten to add is the brainchild of Catherine Stapleton, published & superbly produced by Lion Print, Cashel, is now on sale here in Thurles at Bookworm, for a value for money price of just €5.00.
Having read this Guide, and followed, with interest the “8 planned Day Trips,” laid out in it’s content, using Cashel as the centre point, I sent this publication to three groups all with a genuine interest in promoting tourism in Thurles.
Read Their Reviews
Mr P.J. Shanahan (Thurles Chamber of Commerce) “I was delighted having read the book “Destination Cashel,” which provides, for the first time, a simple plan for tourist on what to see, not only in Cashel, but the whole county of Tipperary, including our own historic town of Thurles.
The book contains eight planned routes with a brief history of different places along the way and a list of events that take place here in the premier county. It is a fantastic guide to visitors, with pictures that sell County Tipperary as the beautiful county it really is, personally I love the picture of Ardfinnan, but I of course St Mary’s Church and St Patrick’s College are hidden treasure in Thurles.
Aimed at anyone who might pick the book up for a light read,will give vital help to tourists who visit our stunning county, but I also feel it will also give locals inhabitants an amazing in-site into what exists on their own doorstep. Destination Cashel is a must buy for anybody visiting or living in Tipperary this year.”
Councillor Mr Gerard Fogarty (Thurles Town Council) “The ‘Destination Cashel‘ tourist guide is a fantastic example of how individuals and local businesses can work together with enthusiasm to produce a fine document selling their local community and the cream of what it has to offer. We have a proud historical and cultural tradition here in Tipperary and it’s important to showcase and promote our historical sites and commemorative events & carry them on into the future, while at the same time benefit our local economy, stimulating our labour market. This publication’s content sends a message to the rest of the country and indeed to the world that Tipperary is open for business. It will also encourage our neighbours residing in other counties to come & enjoy all the many wonders Co Tipperary has to offer.
It would be fantastic progress for Thurles if we could drive a similar exciting project for our own area and I would be delighted to give any assistance I can to do that. I look forward to working with state agencies and local business and community enthusiasts, to develop and fund such an initiative.”
Mr Stewart Willoughby (St Mary’s Famine Museum Thurles) “Excellent publication and already under the arms of a few tourists visiting the Famine Museum. Tourists report that the book, together with it’s excellent high definition pictures and short informative script, is a huge advantage when planning their day trips. The Guide’s Author has climbed inside the heads of Irish & foreign tourists and provided them with information long sought after. Highly recommended.”
Has your Pub, B & B, Hostel, Farm Guest House, Hotel, etc. got a copy ?
Trust me you do need this publication in your establishment & your guests will thank you all the more for providing them with the information contained.
Many older people do not use the Internet and so cannot quickly access information on vital public services with the same ease. Indeed, a recent report has highlighted the difficulties that many older people have in accessing vital information, such as their allowances and entitlements or their financial, legal and medical matters, because of often the lack of access through this medium. To this end, Tipperary Home Instead Senior Care has published “The Irish Pensioners Handbook.”
The Irish Pensioners Handbook 2012
 Packed with useful, relevant information, this handbook features information on a wide variety of issues:-
Allowances and Entitlements for older people and carers – Medical Advice – Home Care – Advice Around the Home – Nursing Home Care – Dementia and Alzheimer’s care – Tips on Health & Fitness – Nutrition & Diet – Financial and Legal advice, – How to deal with Bereavement – Holidays & Travel etc. It also contains a directory of Older Person’s Organisations and other useful contacts.
Michael Wright of Tipperary Home Instead Senior Care stated, “We hope our Handbook will allow more people to access important information much more easily.”
This excellent publication produced by Home Instead Senior Care and launched this week, with the support of Age Action and the HSE, was welcomed by Kathleen Lynch, T.D., and Minister of State with responsibility for Disability, Older People, Equality & Mental Health. The Minister stated, “As 2012 is the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between Generations, a priority for me is to ensure that the National Positive Ageing Strategy is completed. We want to promote a country that encourages people of all ages to think positively about their own ageing, that helps people to plan sensibly for their later years and that provides the support for people to enjoy a good quality of life as they grow older.”
Eamon Timmins of Age Action said, “Information is power. As a national charity for older people, Age Action passionately believes in empowering older people. The existence of entitlements and services is one thing – making people aware of them is a completely different challenge – which is why we are very pleased to partner with Home Instead Senior Care and the HSE in producing this 2012 Irish Pensioners Handbook. It really is a valuable tool for older people.”
Followers of this website, who have a duty of care to elderly parents or older family members, should now immediately order a free copy of this very excellent publication. To order a FREE copy of the Irish Pensioners Handbook, please call Tipperary Home Instead Senior Care here in Thurles on Tel: 0504-91100 or log on to www.homeinstead.ie to download a pdf of this guide.
 “The Modern Voice of an Irish Immigrant,” distributed by Ingram Books, is author Imelda Cummins-DeMelkon’s fascinating account of her experiences growing up in late 20th century Ireland, as one of a family of twelve children. It recalls the struggle for autonomy and independence that would eventually lead to the author’s decision to immigrate to Virginia in the United States.
Thurles born (Mitchel Street) Irish author Imelda Cummins-DeMelkon, is a former teacher, who first moved to the U S A in the late 1980’s. She has been a successful freelance writer for the past fifteen years and is currently working on her second book. Imelda presently resides with her husband and their son in Virginia and travels home here to Thurles as frequently as her busy schedule presently allows.
In her book, Imelda speaks honestly of the personal conflicts she experienced as a child growing up in Thurles and the overzealous paternal control that she feels dominated her early life. The reader eagerly and understandably follows the author’s journey, as she weaves between her experiences in both Ireland and America.
This book shows us, that through a deep commitment to personal growth, one can indeed emerge whole and feel confident to enjoy a full and complete life.
Among the highly interesting topics the book explores is the changing face of the Catholic Church both here in Ireland and the United States. It also demonstrates the uniform wish of immigrants abroad, to attempt to recreate the best of that culture they experienced before leaving, what it is to be a conscientious parent, the realisation and reality that all of us arrive at, when experiencing ill and aging parents, and the joy of the discovery of a life that can often be a somewhat challenging effort.
Reading this book one is reminded of the Poet Robert Frost’s ‘The Road Not Taken’; “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, and sorry I could not travel both, and be one traveller.” This is an honest, thought provoking good read, encouraging its readers, as individuals, to look back, re-examine and attempt to justify our ‘road not taken.’
 Irish author Sebastian Barry Internationally acclaimed Irish author Sebastian Barry will visit Tipperary Libraries on the weekend of the 18th & 19th of November.
Sebastian is the focus author of this year’s Tipperary Reads Festival. He is also the author of the popular titles ‘The Secret Scripture,’ the recently Man Booker nominated ‘On Canaan’s Side,’ and ‘A Long Long Way.’ (Note: Copies of these books can be purchased from Bookworm here in Thurles.)
Over the past few months the people of Tipperary have been reading his novel making it the most borrowed title in Tipperary Libraries during July and August. Described as “unsurpassed in World War One fiction,” this novel deals with the realities of war for the young Irish soldier set against the turbulent background of 1916 Ireland.
This is the fourth year of the Festival which has previously played host to writers John Banville, Joseph O’Connor and Tipperary native Frank Delaney. The idea behind the Festival is to celebrate the joy of reading and to foster a sense of community by bringing people together through the shared experience of reading.
Lorraine Treacy, “Tipperary Reads Festival” organiser, says that “We are really thrilled to have the opportunity to bring an author of such high standing to Tipperary. Now readers and writers will have the opportunity to meet Sebastian, and to discuss his work with him.”
Sebastian will be in Clonmel Library on Friday 18th November at 7.30pm. On Saturday 19th he will be in Nenagh Library at 3.00pm and that evening he will be in Thurles Library, The Source at 7.00pm.
All are welcome to attend and here also is a once in a lifetime chance to give that ‘special someone,’ a unique Christmas gift.
Suggestion:- Purchase a copy of one of Sebastian Barry’s excellent publications and have it personally autographed by the author for that special friend to read and forever cherish.
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