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Margaret Rossiter Column: Digitally mapping St Stephen’s Cemetery, Clonmel
The extraordinary advance in modern technology was graphically brought home to this columnist in a recent report in this newspaper. Under a headline “Graves will be digitally recorded,” I read that under the auspices of Clonmel Tidy Towns (committee) St Stephen’s Cemetery will be digitally recorded under the Community Grant Scheme. Having been, many decades ago, one of the founder members of the Tidy Towns in Clonmel, I recall that we spent many Spring and Summer nights picking up litter.
Margaret Rossiter Column: Digitally mapping St Stephen’s Cemetery, Clonmel
The extraordinary advance in modern technology was graphically brought home to this columnist in a recent report in this newspaper. Under a headline “Graves will be digitally recorded,” I read that under the auspices of Clonmel Tidy Towns (committee) St Stephen’s Cemetery will be digitally recorded under the Community Grant Scheme. Having been, many decades ago, one of the founder members of the Tidy Towns in Clonmel, I recall that we spent many Spring and Summer nights picking up litter.
Margaret Rossiter Column - Is hard cash a thing of the past?
It was a story told to Joe Duffy on his midday RTE’s ‘Liveline’ programme, the subsequent discussion on which I was unable to listen to, so this is just a brief recital of the subject of that story. It seems that a man (the teller of the story) went to Spain to have some eye surgery (which cost less than Ireland). When he had recovered he went to the airport to return home. A flight was immediately available at a RyanAir cost of €46.
Margaret Rossiter Column: The rescuers and the restorers
It often takes terrible natural events or personal tragedies to make many of us immediately conscious of the vital work done by groups of our fellow citizens. This work, or more accurately urgent service, was a feature of the response to the recent tragic accidents on our roads in south Tipperary. It was a response which required sensitivity and compassion with the expertise of knowing what to do and how to do it.
Tipperary Historical Journal 2023 - we owe much to the publishers
The 2003 issue of “Tipperary Historical Journal” is now in circulation. Like all previous annual issues, it contributes to our knowledge of the stories of the lives of the people of the county, the places and circumstances in which they lived, the policies and influences which shaped their lives. This 2023 issue concentrates, almost exclusively, on the 19th century, and the national, and particularly, the social changes, which were a prelude to the ultimate achievement of independence.
Margaret Rossiter Column: Disposal plans abandoned after the discovery of a beloved toy
The presence of a rubbish skip outside a home in any street is now a fairly common sight. It is usually associated with a change in ownership, frequently a vacancy caused by the death of the occupant, or a re-location. It is a clear-out of all the things no longer needed, a disposal of things once useful and maybe important, but now old and shabby and superfluous. Consignment to the skip has to be accompanied by a dose of ruthlessness; dispense with sentiment; don’t analyse; just get on with it.
Margaret Rossiter Column: Disposal plans abandoned after the discovery of a beloved toy
The presence of a rubbish skip outside a home in any street is now a fairly common sight. It is usually associated with a change in ownership, frequently a vacancy caused by the death of the occupant, or a re-location. It is a clear-out of all the things no longer needed, a disposal of things once useful and maybe important, but now old and shabby and superfluous. Consignment to the skip has to be accompanied by a dose of ruthlessness; dispense with sentiment; don’t analyse; just get on with it.
‘The Hilly Field’ in Clonmel - Residents want return of their right-of-way
Recently, members of the Glenconnor community walked to the entrance of “The Hilly Field” at the Heywood boundary of the estate. They were quietly, but firmly, asking for the re-opening of the right-of-way through the field which formerly linked the two areas of the estate - east and west. This grassy pathway is, at least, a hundred years in existence, dating back to the development of the estate in 1926, for the accommodation of Irish men who had fought in World War I.
‘The Hilly Field’ in Clonmel - Residents want return of their right-of-way
Recently, members of the Glenconnor community walked to the entrance of “The Hilly Field” at the Heywood boundary of the estate. They were quietly, but firmly, asking for the re-opening of the right-of-way through the field which formerly linked the two areas of the estate - east and west. This grassy pathway is, at least, a hundred years in existence, dating back to the development of the estate in 1926, for the accommodation of Irish men who had fought in World War I.
Margaret Rossiter's Column - There's trouble in RTE
There is a theory that institutions should be seriously examined every few decades; they should be taken apart, shaken out of their comfort zone, to see how they are functioning. Are they doing what they have been established to do and how are they doing it? Are there internal struggles for power which inhibit adaptation and progress?
Margaret Rossiter's Column - There's trouble in RTE
There is a theory that institutions should be seriously examined every few decades; they should be taken apart, shaken out of their comfort zone, to see how they are functioning. Are they doing what they have been established to do and how are they doing it? Are there internal struggles for power which inhibit adaptation and progress?
Margaret Rossiter: Where have all the wren-boys gone on St Stephen's Day
It is now many many decades since I last saw the wren boys on the streets of Clonmel on St Stephen’s Day, and at that stage the tradition was already in decline. The boys called themselves “wran boys” and were known locally as such. They were, usually, boys from the neighbourhood (girls were never involved) who blackened their faces with soot, or wore contorted masks and went from door to door, singing about the “dreoilín” (the wren), and were rewarded with a penny or two.
Margaret Rossiter: Where have all the wren-boys gone on St Stephen's Day
It is now many many decades since I last saw the wren boys on the streets of Clonmel on St Stephen’s Day, and at that stage the tradition was already in decline. The boys called themselves “wran boys” and were known locally as such. They were, usually, boys from the neighbourhood (girls were never involved) who blackened their faces with soot, or wore contorted masks and went from door to door, singing about the “dreoilín” (the wren), and were rewarded with a penny or two.
'What was Councillor Ambrose talking about?' - The ordinary citizens of Clonmel are asking?
“What was Councillor Ambrose talking about?” This is a question which has been frequently asked by ordinary citizens of Clonmel within the last few weeks.
Erasing Women from Science? There's a Name for That
If you base your understanding of science history on what the textbooks tell you, you might believe that up until about a hundred years ago, Marie Curie was one of the only women in science to have achieved anything notable. In reality, Curie was just one of many groundbreaking women scientists—what sets her apart is the fact that her accomplishments were recognized in her time, mostly due to her own efforts. Other women in science haven’t been so lucky.
Doctorates for American Women, 1868–1907 | History of Education Quarterly | Cambridge Core
Extract Although the lofty rhetoric accompanying the founding of the major American graduate schools seemed to indicate that they would be open to both sexes, the first women applicants quickly learned that this access was often not available.
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