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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 16h

Black marble information plaque with white text

Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 16h

I can't answer the question about her mother. The cemetery is so tiny, I think there are only a couple of other memorials. I must pop in the next time I'm passing and check.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 19h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 12 - Notable Woman

Grave of Lena Rice, only Irish winner of Wimbledon Ladies Singles title, at New Inn, Co. Tipperary. @wimbledonltc.bsky.social @icshc.bsky.social

White marble grave memorial with black text

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 1d

#31DaysofGraves - Day 11 - Military. Memorial plaque at St Mary's Church, Littleton, Co. Tipperary to Hercules and Henry Beere, who died in the Peninsular Wars

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 14d

I agree. Your last few posts have the potential to send me down a rabbit hole, with lots of tunnels. 🐰🕳️🫣

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · 25d

Nope, not sad. Just a curious mind.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sun dial at Glengoole, Co. Tipperary. ☀️
Engraved by Vere Hunt June 4th 1825. A South Dial declining West 22 Deg. Latitude 52 D. 28 M. North.
A real beauty.

Engraved metal sun dial, mounted on a wall. Not in it's original position.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 17

Great Southern & Western Railway trespass notice sign. Can't recall where I took this photo.

Cast iron sign. Black painted type on white background

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 16

Great spot re: makers name.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 16

Metal foot bridge over tracks at Thurles Railway Station, installed in 1883. Erected to prevent people from crossing the tracks going to or coming from trains. Closed to public access nowadays.

Metal pedestrian foot bridge over railway tracks

Detail of metal pedestrian foot bridge over railway tracks

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 11

Extract from Great Southern Railways book entitled Telegraph Message Code to be used upon Railway Companies Business. 1st July 1939. #RailwayHistory

Cover of a book with content relating to codes use while on railway business

Title page of book about Telegraph code used by a railway company

Buff coloured page from a book, aged over time

More buff coloured pages from a book, which have aged with time

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 9

Membership card for the GS&WR CC, Inchicore, Dublin from 1915. Fixtures against Railway & Steam Packet Union CC, later to become Railway Union, included.

Membership card for a cricket team in Dublin. Yellow paper on hard board cover

Membership card for a cricket club with dates of fixtures against other teams.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 9

Great, thank you.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 9

Really nice, I must look out for that when I am next up in that area.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 8

Great Southern & Western Railway Company logo from what looks like the bottom of a broken cup, which I found working on an old railway sidings some years ago. I have not seen another example since, complete or broken.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 7

Extract from the Great Southern Railways Rule Book, 1933

Title page of a book of rules for the Great Southern Railways in Ireland

Three drawn images of a railwayworker giving hand signals

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sport and the British. A modern history by Richard (Dick) Holt @icshc.bsky.social

Cover of a book, with boys playing cricket on the street as it's cover image.

Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 5

Funeral report from the Irish (Cork) Examiner in 1913

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 5

Small press report of the accident from 1913

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 4

It was a brilliant match, a brilliant series.

Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 3

3 of the 5 memorials O'Connell / Connell. Typo in my own text Connell, not O'Connell 😖

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 3

Grave memorial to memory of James O'Connell, aged 11 years, who was killed in an accident at Thurles Railway Station in April 1892. The memorial was erected by the members of the GS&WR Cricket Club. James was interred in St. Mary's graveyard, Thurles. @rwldproject.bsky.social #RailwayHistory

Image of a marble grave memorial to memory of James Connell who was killed in an accident at Thurles Railway Station in April 1892

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Aug 2

Race articles and results of October 1840 meeting, held over three days, at Thurles Racecourse. #ThurlesRacecourse

Race articles for Thurles horse races in 1840 as reported in the contemporary press

Results of Thurles horse races in October 1840 as reported in the contemporary press

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Jul 30

Absolutely, for a long while. There was a boy killed at Thurles Station in the 1890s, and it was the GS&WR CC who erected his grave memorial. It is probably the only tangible piece of evidence for the club. The memorial is in one of the town graveyards. Pic to follow at the weekend.

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Old Thurles @oldthurles.bsky.social · Jul 30

You are very welcome. I have another report of a match between the GS&WR out of Thurles and the GS&WR CC out of Inchicore, Dublin, which I will post at the weekend and also a membership card for the GS&WR CC there.

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