Circus Explore is back again and this time they are offering children the chance to learn how to spin a plate!Read More

Since the beginning of March Clonmel Library Lego Coding Club has gone from strength to strength. The club was established with the support of Calmast, the STEM Engagement Centre with South East Technological University. Their mission is to promote awareness of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in the South East. Children work in pairs...Read More

Photo from L-R: Cllr Roger Kennedy, Cathaoirleach of Tipperary County Council, Jacinta Murray, Library Service, Cllr David Dunne, Cathaoirleach of Carrick on Suir Municipal District, Ann Marie Brophy, Library Service. [Photo: Marguerite Kent] Tipperary County Council Library Service is delighted to be able to offer the C-Pen Readerpen to borrow from all of our branches....Read More

The original ‘Directory of Sources for Irish Women’s History’ was made available on CD-Rom in 1999. With the advances made in technology the CD has now become obsolete and can no longer be read on more recent computers. With the support of the Irish Manuscripts Commission and the Mná 100 unit of the Department of...Read More

Clonmel Library Exhibition Space An Exhibition of Paintings by Paul Ryan February 27th to March 11thRead More

Tipperary County Council Libraries introduces the Tipperary County Council Libraries’ Sensory Service, special spaces that make our libraries more accessible to all. Our Sensory Spaces are designed for people with sensory processing disorders, learning and development difficulties, autism and dementia. A busy public space can often be an overwhelming place to visit. The Sensory Room...Read More

Around Our Town Ep. 45 – Famine Era Murders in County Tipperary Dr Ciarán Reilly of Maynooth University describes 1840s Ireland as one the most dangerous places on earth. This statement on the face of seems extreme. A statistical analysis conducted by Richard McMahon (A violent society’? Homicide rates in Ireland, 1831–1850) offers a more...Read More

Around Our Town Ep. 44 – Famine Evictions in Tipperary One of the most emotive aspect of the Great Irish Famine is eviction. The image of an emaciated family hopelessly standing aside as their cottage is demolished endures to this today. Dr Ciarán Reilly of Maynooth University estimates that over 250,000 people were made homeless...Read More

Pigot’s Commercial Directory of Ireland (1824) describes Clonmel’s Corn Market as being as extensive as any in the Kingdom. It claims that one fifth of all flour exported from Ireland emanated from one establishment in Clonmel alone. By 1832, Clonmel was the dominant force in milling nationally and was exporting a quarter a million hundredweight...Read More

Around Our Town Ep. 42 – Lord Lieutenant of Ireland visits Clonmel For four days in August 1865 the attention of the nation was firmly fixed on Clonmel. This was because Queen Victoria’s highest ranking official in Ireland was visiting the town. John Wodehouse, 1st Earl of Kimberly, was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland and his...Read More