Thanks to everyone who came along to our Revolutionary Show & Tell evening in The Source, Thurles, last Tuesday. It was great to see so many people sharing stories and objects from Ireland’s revolutionary era! During the evening, we heard about a collection of .303 bullets found in the walls of a cow shed, saw…
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Looking north and to our next event
Today we are focusing our attention on the northern section of the ‘3rd Brigade Map’. This area which covers towns and villages such as Holycross, The Commons and Thurles, was actually part of Tipperary’s 2nd Brigade zone. The markings on this part of the map are more sparse, but you can find some red underlines…
Revolutionary Research Evening Presentation
Thank you to everyone who came along to our presentation in Cahir last Thursday. It was great to see so many like-minded people sharing stories about their area during the War of Independence and the Civil War. It was also intriguing to hear some of your theories about the map. Hopefully, you found the presentation…
Revolutionary Research Evening in Cahir
We are excited to announce that our next public event will be held in Cahir on Thursday, the 23rd of June. This will be a Research Evening where historian Niall Murray and I will deliver a presentation on how to research revolutionary history for beginners. We will also have a copy of the map on display and…
A closer look at the markings on the ‘Tipperary Old IRA Map’
The fascinating ‘Tipperary Old IRA Map’ is covered in intriguing ink and pencil markings. Today we are taking a closer look at some of the black ink markings which underline the names of villages, townlands and crossroads in the south of Co. Tipperary. The black underlines are significantly fewer in number than the red underlines…
Cashel Object Recording & Memory Sharing Evening
Thanks to everyone who came along to our Object Recording and Memory Sharing Evening in Halla na Féile, Cashel, last Thursday night. The stories that were shared about the War of Independence and the Civil War in south Tipperary made it a very memorable evening. We had the pleasure of hearing about dugouts, safe houses, route-ways and…
Material Legacies: The Archaeology of the Irish Revolutionary Period Conference Presentations
In March, the Landscapes of Revolution team co-organised and participated in the ‘Material Legacies: The Archaeology of the Irish Revolutionary Period’ conference with Abarta Heritage and UCD School of Archaeology. The conference, which was a great success, focused on examining how archaeology shapes our understanding of Ireland’s revolutionary period. If you would like to see these fascinating presentations…
Tipperary Old IRA Map Upcoming Object Recording & Memory Sharing Evening
Join us on the 12th of May at our free Object Recording and Memory Sharing Evening in Halla na Féile, Cashel, Co. Tipperary (Eircode E25 WC59). The event will begin at 6 pm, and the evening will be spent sharing the latest research on the mysterious ‘Old IRA Map’ and hearing your thoughts, stories, and memories of…
A closer look at the Tipperary IRA Map
Today we are taking a closer look at the fascinating ‘Tipperary IRA Map.’ Filled with intriguing markings that may be connected with Ireland’s 20th-century revolutionary period, we’re focusing on a section of the map around the town of Cahir (or Caher as it is written on the map). Markings such as blue underlines, red underlines and black…
Tipperary IRA Map Inception Talk, 8th of March 2022
On the 8th of March, we delivered an inception talk over zoom about the intriguing ‘Tipperary IRA Map’. This map which was in the possession of a local family for decades, has over two hundred markings on it which may relate to IRA activity in South Tipperary in the 20th century. As part of Tipperary…
New Release: Archaeological Maps of the 1920 Mallow Barracks Raid
Our latest set of archaeological maps, examining the landscape of the important 1920 Mallow Barracks Raid, are the first in a series of four commissioned by Cork County Council. The work was undertaken by Abarta Heritage Ltd as part of Cork County Council’s Decade of Centenaries Programme supported by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,…
Project Update
We recently completed our first workshop for those interested in volunteering to assist with the Landscapes of Revolution survey. On Saturday, December 17, 14 people joined us at the Midleton Public Library where we discussed a variety of topics from the project’s importance to the need for proper citation for locations. In addition, we discussed…
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