I bet you didn't know that about Tipperary

04-04-2021 9:40am #1

I only discovered today that Tipperary (Clonmel) was the place where Connolly and Larkin came together to form the Labour Party.

Did you know that the Vikings came to Tipperary? Most of us think of Vikings as sea-farers who concentrated their pillaging on the east coast, but they seem to have come right down the Shannon and set up camp on the Portumna side of Lough Derg, sacking a monastic site in Terryglass and even holding territory there.

The lake was lower then that is now (the level rose after the construction of Ardnacrusha), so most of their artefacts/the rubbish they left behind is probably under the water. What may have been a viking canoe was found in Dromineer.

Tipperary is full of little-known historical facts. What are some others?

cml387 · 04-04-2021 3:08pm

If you take the Blueway walk east of Kilsheelan, about 1 km or less on the opposite bank you'll notice a large old house with a bay structure at the rear.

This belonged to Captain Charles Boycott before he moved to Mayo

realdanbreen · 07-04-2021 8:58am

Alfred Hitchcock once lived in Borrisokane.

Ash.J.Williams · 07-04-2021 9:06am

more ecstacy was consumed in tipp town in the 90's early 2000's than the entire of Limerick city.

realdanbreen · 07-04-2021 12:06pm

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

more ecstacy was consumed in tipp town in the 90's early 2000's than the entire of Limerick city.

Sounds about right!

bawn79 · 07-04-2021 12:08pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

I only discovered today that Tipperary (Clonmel) was the place where Connolly and Larkin came together to form the Labour Party.

Did you know that the Vikings came to Tipperary? Most of us think of Vikings as sea-farers who concentrated their pillaging on the east coast, but they seem to have come right down the Shannon and set up camp on the Portumna side of Lough Derg, sacking a monastic site in Terryglass and even holding territory there.

The lake was lower then that is now (the level rose after the construction of Ardnacrusha), so most of their artefacts/the rubbish they left behind is probably under the water. What may have been a viking canoe was found in Dromineer.

Tipperary is full of little-known historical facts. What are some others?

Its funny I actually wrote the blog post about the Vikings in Tipp! - However I don't think it was a Viking boat found at Dromineer, I probably should be clearer in what I wrote.
https://thetipperaryantiquarian.blogspot.com/2016/05/lough-derg-vikings_7.html
https://thetipperaryantiquarian.blogspot.com/2020/02/danes-in-tipperary-arra.html

Mantis Toboggan · 07-04-2021 12:23pm

Holycross Abbey has relics of the true cross of Jesus apparently!

realdanbreen · 07-04-2021 4:52pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Holycross Abbey has relics of the true cross of Jesus apparently!

I'd say "apparently" is the key word there!

upupup · 08-04-2021 3:30pm

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Holycross Abbey has relics of the true cross of Jesus apparently!

The relics were stolen in 2011 and returned a few months later.Someone had a guilty conscience,maybe afraid of meeting JC at the pearly gates.

upupup · 08-04-2021 3:38pm

Tipperary was visited by Aliens in 1969:eek:
https://www.rte.ie/archives/exhibitions/2770-weird-and-wonderful/682218-ufo-in-mullinahone/

Paddico · 12-04-2021 1:39pm

Great thread. Keep it going

realdanbreen · 14-04-2021 8:56am

North Riding is better than South Riding!

lemon125 · 18-04-2021 9:57am

Templemore could have become a Lourdes or a Knock, or maybe it did for a while!

https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/the-templemore-miracles-how-a-fake-bleeding-statue-led-to-an-ira-truce-1.4328392

chooseusername · 10-06-2021 5:44pm

Paddico wrote: »

Great thread. Keep it going

O.K.
120 years ago in Bansha;

It may seem unbelievable but in 1901 two Bansha families came to blows in church one Sunday over a disputed right to occupy a particular pew.
The dispute was so bitter that the families ended up in court, with the parish priest giving evidence in an effort to resolve the question.
Podcast on Tipperarystudies.ie , sorry I can't post link

15-06-2021 11:37pm

realdanbreen wrote: »

Alfred Hitchcock once lived in Borrisokane.

Ah no, that was a different movie director, Reg Ingram (born Hitchcock -- he thought the name Hitchcock would be a disadvantage!)

I'm from Terryglass. This director lived in what used to be Borrisokane's rectory, on the Cloughjordan Road, where his Dad was the rector.

Martin Sheen has family here too, his mother was born in Borrisokane.

When I was a kid, Sheen was a frequent face in Borrisokane during springtime, often seen picking his little relatives up from school.

solo1y · 21-08-2021 2:32pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/116885581#Comment_116885581

Really? Then why come all the refugees?

I bet you didn't know that about Tipperary

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