Thurles Information

Thurles Mentioned In Diaries Of Michael Collins.

The pocket diaries of Irish revolutionary, soldier and politician, Michael Collins, will be made available to the public for the first time, having been loaned to the National Archives by his family.

While until now, only two diaries have been on public display, with only two pages made visible to the public; next month a total of 5 pocket diaries will be made available in digitised format.

The pocket diaries were written by Michael Collins, while on the run and thus information contained in same is coded for very obvious reasons.

Pages in at least one of the diaries, dated Thursday March 20th 1919 and the following day Friday 21st 1919, appear to mention coded information referring to Thurles, Co. Tipperary. (See Image above)
The arrow pointing from hand written and coded page, dated Friday 21st 2019, to page dated Thursday March 20th, may possibly mean 8:30 app [interpreted as either approximately – appearance – appointment] as [Irish for ‘out of’] Fogludas [Irish for ‘Foleys’] .

Can anyone of our readers, out there, encode or throw possible light on this message? We would greatly like to hear from you.

The diaries will be available in the National Archives from sometime in September and will also be available in digital form.

Next weekend, more than 5,000 people are expected to attend a commemoration, marking the 100th anniversary of the Béal na Bláth ambush in west Cork; which saw Michael Collins; latter then Chairman of the Irish Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army, shot dead.

Dunnes Stores Popular Children’s Pyjamas Recalled Due To Safety Fears.

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has issued a recall notice today, on short-sleeved pyjama sets designed for young children and sold at Dunnes Stores; same products bearing the name/titles ‘Digger’, ‘Dino’, ‘Mermaid’ and ‘Unicorn’.

Same recall relates to a fusible layer inserted and applied to the back of the pyjama top, which may pose a safety risk if not fully secure on all sold garments.

The company has confirmed that the risk associated with the product is that of cuts and suffocation, with 5,941 affected products sold in Ireland to date.

Persons who have bought the affected pyjamas should stop using them immediately and return them to their local Dunnes store supermarket, for a refund.

The brand name is ‘Dunnes Stores‘. The style numbers are as follows:

Style no. 6818137 (Digger short-sleeved pyjama set (6 months – 4 years)
Style no. 6818138 (Dino short-sleeved pyjama set (6 months – 4 years)
Style no. 6819375 (Mermaid short-sleeved pyjama set (6 months – 4 years)
Style no. 6819376 (Unicorn short-sleeved pyjama set (6 months – 4 years)

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission have stated that if customers have any further queries in relation to this recall, they should please email Dunnes Stores at customerservice@dunnesstores.com.

Motorists Beware Of Severe Flooding Around Thurles.

Drivers are being asked presently to take great care while manoeuvring all vehicles around Thurles.

Due to the total lack of maintenance by Thurles Municipal District Council officials, most of the roads in the area are now flooded, due to a basic maintenance failure; to simply clean road drains.

**Kickham Street, Thurles, August 15th, 2022.**

Kickham Street east of the town is worst hit, with water running like a river from Willowmere Drive, down Kickham Street, as far as Cathedral Street Roundabout.

The N62 Slievenamon Road as far as Turtulla Cross is also experiencing flooding, due to this same problem, a failure to clean road drains.

Mill Road is seriously flooded, because a builder has waltzed off, leaving road drains packed with clay gravel etc.; no doubt their work signed off on behalf of Tipperary Co. Council, by a county, qualified, council engineer.

**Mill Road south**, **Thurles**, **August 15th, 2022**

At the Junction of Mill Road South and the turn off to the Archerstown Industrial Estate, latter travelling west, flooding is almost making the road impassable, once again, caused by the failure to open the shore into the nearby Poulaneigh river.

Death Of Dan Donnelly, Formerly Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

It was with a great sadness that we learned of the death, on Friday last, 12th August 2022, of Mr Daniel (Dan) Donnelly, Flushing, New York and formerly of Ballydavid, Littleton, Thurles, Co. Tipperary.

Pre-deceased by his beloved wife Helen, brothers Eamon and Stephen, grandson Matthew, niece Mary Donnelly Martin; Mr Donnelly, while in his 97th year, passed away peacefully at his place of residence in New York, surrounded by his loving family.

His passing is most deeply regretted by his children, Daniel, Maryann, Michael, Eamon and Eileen, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, sister Hannah McGrath (Thurles), nephews, nieces, sister-in-law Biddy Donnelly (Ballydavid, Littleton, Thurles) extended relatives neighbours and many friends.

Requiescat in Pace.

Funeral Arrangements.

Requiem Mass will be celebrated on tomorrow morning, Tuesday, August 16th, in St. Mel’s Church, 26-15 154th Street, Queens, New York 11354, United States at 9:00am.

The extended Donnelly family wish to express their appreciation for your understanding at this difficult time and have made arrangements for those wishing to send messages of condolence, to use the link shown HERE

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.

New Garda Uniform Will Be Operational From Today.

Gardaí will show off their new uniforms, as and from today.
This promised, and now updated uniform was a key recommendation within the report on the ‘Future of Policing in Ireland’.

Picture courtesy An Garda Síochána

This will be only the third time in the force’s history that Garda uniforms has been formally updated, with all parts of the uniform for the first time, other than the cap, bearing the Garda crest, while shirts and ties are being relinquish.

The new uniforms have been delivered to approximately 13,000 members of the Garda force; bearing the rank of Garda, Sergeant and Inspector, over the past number of weeks, with quality over cost being the priority when deciding on the new designed outfits.

Previously, guideline regarding the wearing of official headwear for religious and cultural reasons had been brought up to date, thus allowing for the wearing of Turbans (Indian subcontinent), Topi skull caps (South Asia), Kufi caps (Africa/South Asia), Kippah (brimless caps traditionally worn by Jewish males) and Hijabs (Islamic head covering).