Old Thurles

#31DaysOfGraves Day 30 Colour. Memorial to the Foy family at Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford.

Memorials to Spring Rice and his widow Anne, at New Inn, Co. Tipperary

Both of Lena's parents had passed away before her. Her father first, though the year is illegible, then her mother Anne, widow of Spring Rice. So as to why her mother's name was not recorded on her memorial, I cannot answer. As I said previously the cemetery is tiny.

Grave memorial with font inscriptions coloured in black.

Ian Barclay Justly Williams, born at Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, played cricket with Ireland and Cahir Park. His memorial at Killaloan graveyard, Clonmel has only latter two names as initials. cricketeuropearchive.com/HISTORY/PLAY...

Large Celtic style cross with interlace motif

Text of memorial in previous image

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#31DaysOfGraves Day 23 - Cross

Memorial to James M. Power and family at St. Mary's graveyard, Littleton, Co. Tipperary.

If I am not mistaken there was a great shop here in the late 80s where you could buy old match programmes, bank notes and various other collectibles.

Black marble information plaque with white text

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.

White marble grave memorial with black text

#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 memorial with black text

Text of memorial transcribed

#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

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

Nope, not sad. Just a curious mind.

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

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.

Cast iron sign. Black painted type on white background

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

Great spot re: makers name.

Text from a newspaper report in 1883

Metal pedestrian foot bridge over railway tracks

Metal pedestrian foot bridge over railway tracks

Detail of metal pedestrian foot bridge over railway tracks

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.

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

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

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.

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

Great, thank you.

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

Base of a broken cup, with a railway company logo on it.

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.

Cover of a book from 1933

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

Detail of a page from the rule book

Three drawn images of a railwayworker giving hand signals

Extract from the Great Southern Railways Rule Book, 1933

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

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

Funeral report from the Irish (Cork) Examiner in 1913

Small press report of the accident from 1913

It was a brilliant match, a brilliant series.

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

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

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

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

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

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.