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02 Jan 2026

Tipperary Studies to host lecture on the importance of memorial cards

Tipperary Studies to host lecture on the importance of memorial cards

Tipperary Studies Tipperary Libraries welcomes Dr Salvador Ryan to The Source, Thurles, for its November lecture: Remember me: a social and cultural history of Memorial Cards.

Join us on November 21 at 7pm as Salvador, a most entertaining speaker, introduces the fascinating history of the memorial card, and the part it played in almost every aspect of social, political, religious and cultural life from the late nineteenth century to the present day.

Normally, stuffed into prayer books or stored in biscuit tine, the cards are cherished as keepsakes of loved ones no longer with us.

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