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Madigan to represent government at Soloheadbeg commemorations

The Soloheadbeg Ambush Centenary Commemoration will take place this coming Sunday January 20, 2019 one day in advance of the actual centenary of the Ambush itself. The Ambush of the cartload of gelignite by Breen, Treacy and other members of the ...

16 Jan 2019 at 15:45

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Tipperary County Council commemorates First Dail with special sitting in the parish of Soloheadbeg

Tipperary County Council marked the first sitting of Dail Eireann one hundred years ago on Monday by holding a special meeting in honour of the four Tipperary TDs elected. Families of the TDs attended a ceremony in Ballykisteen House Hotel, in ...

23 Jan 2019 at 12:11

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Tipperary in the Decade of Revolution (TiDR ) commemorate the centenary of Soloheadbeg

With a view to standing on the spot on the exact centenary of the first shots of the War of Independence were fire, TiDR (Tipperary in the Decade of Revolution), organised a bus tour for the commemoration of that event. Thirty-eight people, ...

01 Feb 2019 at 11:32

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Soloheadbeg Commemoration

The annual commemoration of the Soloheadbeg ambush will be held at the historic site this Sunday, January 28. Assembly will be at Coffey's forge, and the parade will depart from there at 2pm. This year John Flannery of the Ormond ...

26 Jan 2018 at 13:04

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Mary Lou McDonald to speak at the South Tipperary Republican Commemoration of Soloheadbeg

Sinn Fein president Mary Lou McDonald will be the key speaker at the South Tipperary Republican Commemoration Committee’s event to mark the centenary of the Soloheadbeg ambush which triggered the War of Independence. The event ...

10 Jan 2019 at 16:04

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Ballyhoura Country celebrates local history in Tipperary throughout May

A series of events will run in Knocklong (located on the main Limerick to Mitchelstown to Cork road) this month to mark the centenary of The Escape of Seán Hogan. During the month of May, families will also get the chance to ...

01 May 2019 at 10:56

Call to promote Co. Tipperary community where War of Independence began to history school tours and tourists

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Call to promote Co. Tipperary community where War of Independence began to school history students and tourists

The Soloheadbeg Ambush site and memorial should be promoted as a place for school students and historians to visit and learn, it was proposed at last week's centenary commemoration of the first shots fired in the War of ...

01 Feb 2019 at 16:45

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Centenary bus tour to Soloheadbeg on January 21

To mark the event that is credited as the beginning of the War of Independence, the group, TiDR (Tipperary in a Decade of Revolution) are running a bus tour, to mark the occasion. This will take place on Monday, ...

07 Jan 2019 at 21:30

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Kelly asks Minister to fund work on Solohead monument

Following requests from locals, Labour T.D. Alan Kelly met with the Minister for Culture, Heritage & the Gaeltacht, Josepha Madigan TD and discussed the need for funding and associated works to be provided for ...

19 Jul 2018 at 11:46

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International Women's Day celebrated at Tipperary Town Library

Tipperary Town Library played host to a representative audience of around 50 people – women and men – on Thursday March 7 on the eve of International Women’s Day. Inspired by the trauma of the Soloheadbeg ...

15 Mar 2024 at 11:00

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Ballykisteen Golf Club offers €19.99 special offer for 1919 Soloheadbeg ambush

A local golf club is offering a special golf rate to commemorate an ambush which took place near Limerick Junction nearly 100 years ago. On Friday, Ballykisteen Golf club tweeted that “one hundred years ...

16 Jan 2019 at 11:01

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New book on Tipperary Brigade hero Séumas Robinson is launched

“Citizen Soldier - from Sevastopol to Soloheadbeg - Séumas Robinson and the Irish Revolution” was launched at Áras UÍ Chonghaile, Falls Road, Belfast recently. The book, written by Daniel Jack – a ...

03 Jan 2020 at 13:05

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