Mar 13, 2021
"LA Delta Project. Driver of combine threshing oats. Thomastown, Louisiana." Photographed 1940 by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.
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"LA Delta Project. Driver of combine threshing oats. Thomastown, Louisiana." Photographed 1940 by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration.
#OTD in 1921 – Coolbawn Massacre: Thirty-six IRA Volunteers in Kilkenny tried to ambush a British Army convoy, at Coolbawn, between Castlecomer and Athy traveling with a mine.
#OTD in 1921 – Coolbawn Massacre: Thirty-six IRA Volunteers in Kilkenny tried to ambush a British Army convoy, at Coolbawn, between Castlecomer and Athy traveling with a mine.
Ireland lost two of its finest men on this date when John Hartley (Glenmore) and Nicholas Mullins, (Thomastown) were killed while attempting to ambush a force of Black and Tans who were escorting explosives to the nearby mines. The ambush had been set on the orders of Michael Collins who directed that pressure needed to be alleviated on IRA forces operating in Tipperary and Cork. These areas were…
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We (pharmacist and I) went to the graduation exhibition in Grennan Mills in Thomastown. Some really, really nice pieces, some of which I would have bought on the spot, if I had the money and the space for them.
Mount Juliet Golf & Spa Hotel // Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
#OTD in 1790 – Birth of “The Apostle of Temperance” and campaigner against alcohol, Fr Theobald Mathew, in Co Tipperary.
#OTD in 1790 – Birth of “The Apostle of Temperance” and campaigner against alcohol, Fr Theobald Mathew, in Co Tipperary.
Theobald Mathew, founder of the The Total Abstinence Association is born at Thomastown, near Golden, Co Tipperary. He received his schooling in Kilkenny, then moved for a short time to Maynooth. From 1808 to 1814 he studied in Dublin, where in the latter year he was ordained to the priesthood. Having entered the Capuchin order, after a brief period of service at Kilkenny, he joined the mission in…
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Kilfane Glen and Waterfall | Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
Kilfane Glen and Waterfall | Thomastown, Co Kilkenny
Influenced by Rousseau and the Romantic movement of the late 18th century, Kilfane Glen is a rugged but beautiful 6-hectare garden that has retained its original character as conceived by the prominent Power family in the 1790s.
The idyllic landscape, which features wild fox-gloves, ferns and other plants used during the Powers’ time, was a popular place for leisure in the early-19th century.…
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#OTD in 1921 – Coolbawn Massacre: Thirty-six IRA Volunteers in Kilkenny tried to ambush a British Army convoy, at Coolbawn, between Castlecomer and Athy traveling with a mine.
#OTD in 1921 – Coolbawn Massacre: Thirty-six IRA Volunteers in Kilkenny tried to ambush a British Army convoy, at Coolbawn, between Castlecomer and Athy traveling with a mine.
Ireland lost two of its finest men on this date when John Hartley (Glenmore) and Nicholas Mullins, (Thomastown) were killed while attempting to ambush a force of Black and Tans who were escorting explosives to the nearby mines.
The ambush had been set on the orders of Michael Collins who directed that pressure needed to be alleviated on IRA forces operating in Tipperary and Cork. These areas were…
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Oíche mhaith agaibh. Goodnight from Stair na hÉireann. No one, for any considerable period, can wear one face and then another without finally becoming bewildered as to which one may be true. Kilfane Glen and Waterfall, Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, Martina Fagan Photography