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Free Access To Heritage Sites 2012

The Office of Public Works (OPW) has just announced that all the heritage sites operated by the OPW in Ireland will be free on the first Wednesday of every month in 2012. The OPW operated this scheme last year and … Continue reading

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Come Home For Thurles International Hurling Festival 2012

Last July Thurles Sarsfields here in Co Tipperary hosted their first ever International Hurling Festival, its coveted prize, the Tom Semple Cup. This year, Thurles, proudly waving the banner “European Town of Sport,” for 2012, will see an even more exciting … Continue reading

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Rubberbandits Attend Thurles Games Fleadh

Get those plastic supermarket bags at the ready folks, comedic duo the RubberBandits are coming to Thurles in March next, but not in the way one might expect. The Bandits are about to launch their very first video game and … Continue reading

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Free Access To Tipperary Heritage Sites

The Office of Public Works (OPW) recently announced that commencing Wednesday 6th July and continuing on the first Wednesday of every month until Christmas 2011, all OPW managed Heritage Sites will offer free Admission to individuals wishing to visit them. … Continue reading

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Callan To Unveil The Lost Trinity Stone

On Saturday the 23rd of July 2011, after 6.30 pm mass in the Parish Church in Callan, [Map Ref:] (Latter town close to Tipperary’s border with the village of Mullinahone.) the long lost Trinity Stone will be unveiled to the … Continue reading

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