In the history of the GAA, Inter Provincial competitions have had three distinct phases. The first was known as the Railway Shield and began in 1905 when the Great South and Western Railway Company provided two shields for the winners of the competition. A rather strange rule included in the competition was that the first

On Thursday July 24th 1958 the following article appeared in the Irish Press.   Dancing in Ireland’s Biggest marquee at Killeigh Carnival The Irish Press Thursday, 24th July 1958 Killeigh Macra na Feirme Branch Back L-R: Tommy Clavin, Peter Phelan, Jim Plunkett, Jim O’Rourke, Senchell Gallagher or ? O’Brien, Phil Deering, Dick White, Jack Bracken, Mick

Can town planning make Tullamore a better place? Fergal MacCabe:  Can town planning make Tullamore a better place? An opening debate on the upcoming ten year-Local Area Plan. The talk is at 8 p.m. on Monday 27 Jan. and will be held after the AGM which commences at 7 p.m. An illustrated presentation by Fergal

Sometimes researching history is like trying to make a jigsaw that’s missing too many pieces. Sometimes, someone throws a few pieces from a different jigsaw in, just to complicate matters even more. This one such story. New Arrivals in the neat little town In May 1896 the Midland Tribune reported… ‘Tuesday last was celebrated by

The year 2024 saw the local and general elections held and, of course, voting was by secret ballot. The polling centres of 2024 were remarkably quiet as if one were attending confession in a quiet corner of a church. Long gone were the days when a glass of Birr or Banagher or Bernie Daly’s Tullamore