On This Day In Tipperary

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May
May 4
1869 - Death of Thomas Lefroy
May 4
May
May 5
1883 - Ballinahow's John O'Shanassy, who was Premier of the state of Victoria three times, dies in Melbourne.
1858 - Barbara Hemphill, novelist from Golden, dies in Dublin
May 5
May
May 6
May 6
May
May 7
May 7
May
May 8
1828 - Birth of CJ Kickham
1915 - Fr Francis Gleeson gives general absolution to Royal Munsters ahead of catastrophic Battle of Aubers
May 8
May
May 9
1848 - Opening of Tipperary's first railway
May 9
May
May 10
May 10
May
May 11
1858 - Cormack brothers hanged at Nenagh Gaol
May 11
May
May 12
May 12
May
May 13
May 13
May
May 14
May 14
May
May 15
1988 - Cyclist Sean Kelly from Carrick on Suir wins the Vuelta a España
May 15
May
May 16
1907 - Birth of Bob Tisdall, Olympic Gold Medalist from Nenagh
May 16
May
May 18
1650 - Cromwell's siege of Clonmel ends
May 18
May
May 19
May 19
May
May 20
May 20
May
May 21
May 21
May
May 22
1805 - Michael Doheny born in Fethard
May 22
May
May 23
1922 - Sergeant John Walsh becomes the last RIC man to killed in Tipperary during the civil war
May 23
May
May 24
1948 - Bansha becomes the first village in Tipperary to be connected to the grid under the Rural Electrification Scheme
May 24
May
May 25
1599 - Earl of Essex lays siege to 'impregnable' Cahir Castle
May 25
May
May 26
May 26
May
May 27
May 27
May
May 28
1912 - Founding of the Labour Party in Clonmel
May 28
May
May 29
1833 - Clonmel's William J. Duane appointed US Secretary of the Treasury by President Andrew Jackson
May 29
May
May 30
May 30
May
May 31
May 31
June
June 1
1822 - Birth of Lady Clementina Hawarden
1915 - Sinking of HMS Tipperary
June 1
June
June 2
1967 - Maud McCarthy, prodigious Clonmel violinist, dies on Isle of Man.
June 2
June
June 3
1984 - Ronald Reagan visits Ballyporeen
1920 - Marian Tobin become first female County Councillor in Tipperary
June 3
June
June 4
June 4
Tipperary Museum of Hidden History
Mick Delahunty Square
Clonmel
Co. Tipperary
Ireland
E91 Y891
Open in Google Maps
052 616 5252
museum@tipperarycoco.ie
Opening Hours
Tuesday - Saturday
10am - 4.30pm. Closed for lunch between 1pm and 2pm on Saturdays. Last entry 30 mins before closing
Pre-booked Sensory Hour 10am - 11am daily
Closed Sundays, Mondays and Bank Holidays
Admission Free
Wheelchair Accessible Toilet
Wheelchair available on request
Audio Guides available in Irish | English | French | German | Spanish
Baby Changing Facilities
Automatic Door Sensor
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