Thurles Information

Munster Hotel, Thurles, Co Tipperary.

The once popular & currently vacant Munster Hotel, Cathedral Street, Thurles, is presently being offered for sale, with an asking price of €500,000.

The site is situated on 1.89 acres of land, which comprises a 3 storey over basement property with rear garden and a surfaced car park.

Situated at the eastern end of Thurles town, yet centrally located, it connects to the N62 and N75 national roads and is in close proximity to the M8 Cork to Dublin Motorway.

The building has extensive road frontage together with a number of points of access, both from Cathedral Street and from the rear car park, including independent access to a fully fitted two storey public bar, with adjoining snooker rooms. There is also separate access to the main function room from the existing car park at the rear.

Accommodation includes: A large Function Room with two separate bars, large Multilevel Bar spanning three floors, Nightclub located on the upper floor, three floors of Self Contained Bedroom Accommodation, Snooker Room, Multiple meeting rooms, Lift access to each floor, a Basement (flood damaged at basement level,) with Commercial Access, large surfaced Car Park with separate access and a large old world Walled Private Garden to the rear.

Adjacent to this property is the Cathedral and Presbytery, a number of primary and secondary schools and St Patrick’s college a Third Level Institution. The property is zoned ‘Town Centre,’ in the Thurles and Environs Development Plan 2009 – 2015.

BER Rating: Number 800190712  with Rating C1.

Joint Agents acting for the sale of this property are Savills, 11 South Mall, Cork – Contact: Peter O’ Meara – Tel 021 / 4271371 and P.J. Broderick Auctioneers, Liberty Square, Thurles, Co Tipperary – Contact: Peter Broderick – Tel 0504 / 22811.

Horse & Jockey Vintage Club members recently covered a 210 mile return trip, travelling at just 20mph, to raise €1000.00 for the “Thurles Meals On Wheels,” Centre, latter situated at Stradavoher, Thurles.

Their route, using vintage tractors, took them to Innishannon (Irish: Inis Eonáin.) in Co Cork. Included in our picture are Vintage Club members & Thurles Meals On Wheels volunteers & organisers Michael Kennedy, Bob Maher, Sadie Hayden, Billy Gleeson, Pat Buckley, Michael Fahey, David Campbell, Mary Doyle, Liam Morris, Kathleen Bourke, Marie O’Dwyer, Pat Russell, Rosie O’Neill, Ann Sheehan, Finola Ryan & Maureen Broderick.

As many of our readers are aware ‘Meals on Wheels,’ are an organisation that deliver cooked food to individuals at home on certain days & therefore require volunteers to have an adequate knowledge of basic cooking in order to prepare meals by a set time each day.

Note: Volunteer drivers are regularly needed, by this worthy charity organisation, for just one hour per week to keep this centre running smoothly, so if you are available to help out, please contact Social Services at Tel: 0504-22169. The centre also provides a ‘Small Charge Laundry Service,’ every week except in the month of August.

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels originated in Great Britain during the Blitz beginning in 1940, when many people had lost their homes and therefore the ability to cook their own food.  The concept of delivering hot meals evolved into today’s modern programme that deliver mostly to the housebound elderly and infirm, either for free or with a small donation. Many early services operating during the Second World War, used old prams to transport the meals, using straw bales, and even old felt hats, to keep the meals warm while in transit.

Well done to the Horse & Jockey Vintage Club members and on behalf of Thurles Meals On Wheels; ‘Thank You.’

Photo courtesy G.Willoughby

St Ailbe’s Church, Emly.

Some of the ways to reduced energy costs in the home were highlighted by the Co Tipperary village of Emly, latter who represented Ireland in Brussels on June 28th last, to compete at the European Energy Neighbourhoods Competition against 15 other contending European countries.

Emly, who were represented by some of their successful 2009 Tidy Towns Committee, had emerged winners last May in the National Energy Saving Competition, successfully run by the Tipperary Energy Agency, having beaten other local communities representing Waterford, Cork and Galway, and all who were competing for the title of Ireland’s most energy efficient neighbourhood.

Mr Vincent Carragher, (Energy Manager at the Tipperary Energy Agency) together with Emly Tidy Towns Members then travelled to Brussels for last Friday’s ceremony and were adjudicated 6th place in the competition, with the eventual overall winning entry representing Greece.

The Emly group highlighted the best & most correct use of everyday labour saving utensils, like Water Immersions, Fridge Freezers, Dishwasher, Tumble dryers and Electric Kettles, on their list of Energy Savings tips.

Electric Ireland also lists these items as the top five ‘Energy Guzzlers,’ which when correctly utilised, can make such a massive financial saving to our domestic electrical costs.