Category: Entertainment

  • At the Mountains of Madness to Premiere in Thurles

    Icarus Theatre Collective presents H.P. Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness Icarus Theatre Collective brings a World Premiere to Thurles, the first theatre adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s chilling masterpiece At the Mountains of Madness. HP Lovecraft, the master of the macabre, is pop culture deity.  His Cthulhu mythos has become the inspiration of countless writers,…

  • Roses Begin To Bloom As Selection Set For Anner Hotel On April 2nd

    Roses from all over the county blossoming to fill Alisons sash as the 2016 Tipperary Rose of Tralee The Tipperary Rose Of Tralee Centre is proud to present the “Tipperary Rose selection event 2016” at The Anner hotel, Thurles, next Saturday night week the 2nd of April at 7:30pm. The chosen representative will receive a…

  • When are you going back? – A comedy on in Upperchurch this weekend

    Gerry Bitt who has local roots in Drombane through his grandfather presents a comedy “When are you Going Back?” in Upperchurch Community Centre this Friday and Saturday night at 8pm. Tickets are only €10 for Adults for what promises to be a great night in Upperchurch. I asked Gerry about his connection to Upperchurch and his…

  • Semple Stadium Set To Host Mike Denver This Weekend

    The Dome at Semple Stadium is sure to be the only destination for country music fans in the premier county and further afield, this St Patricks weekend when Mike Denver along with Philomena Begley, Ray Lynam and Mick Flavin will all take to the stage on Saturday March 19th in what promises to be a…

  • John F Kennedy Shamrock Regiment Band to Perform in Nenagh

    Californian Marching Bank to come to Nenagh for St Patrick’s Day. Cllr Hughie McGrath has announced that the John F Kennedy Shamrock Regiment Band will perform in Nenagh ahead of the St Patrick’s Day Festivities. The John F Kennedy Shamrock Regiment Band will be coming all the way from California to march down the street…

  • Arsehammers & Bonfirenight. A pair of darkly comic gems from CallBack Theatre to appear in Thurles

    If you hear a loud bang on bonfire night do you think it’s a firework…. or a gun going off?” Arsehammers & Bonfire night– A pair of darkly comic gems from CallBack Theatre   Arsehammers – A child is sure that their grandfather’s strange disappearances reveal supernatural powers. Book-ended by a maudlin country and western…

  • Noel Coonan TD encourages local arts centres to apply for new fund

    Noel Coonan TD encourages local arts centres to apply for new fund

    €9m investment scheme for arts and culture centres Fine Gael TD for Tipperary Noel Coonan, has encouraged Tipperary arts centres to apply for funding under a new €9 million investment scheme for arts and culture centres announced by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys. “This welcome new investment scheme for not-for-profit arts…

  • SONG TO COMMERATE 1916

    SONG TO COMMERATE 1916

    Coiste Náisiúnta Scór, the National GAA Committee for the promotion of culture, is delighted to announce that, in conjunction with the 1916 commemorations, they are launching a Ballad Writing Project for second level schools. To commemorate 1916, the GAA through one of its cultural branches Coiste Náisiúnta Scór, would welcome the participation of Second Level…

  • Noel Coonan TD Welcomes Funding for Tipp Arts Centres

    Noel Coonan TD Welcomes Funding for Tipp Arts Centres

    Tipperary TD Noel Coonan has welcomed funding allocated for The Source Arts Centre and South Tipperary Arts Centre Ltd. “The Source Arts Centre has been given €4,773 for lighting equipment and a photocopier. South Tipperary Arts Centre Ltd receives €1,906 for IT and digital equipment, music equipment and projector,” said Deputy Coonan. “These two groups…

  • St. Josephs College with most Tipperary Enteries at BT Young Scientist

    St. Josephs College with most Tipperary Enteries at BT Young Scientist

    St Josephs College in Borrisoleigh provided 6 of the 20 enteries from Tipperary to the BT Young Scientist exhibition in Dublin’s RDS Main Hall. St Anne’s Secondary school provided 4 enteries, Scoil Ruain provided 2 while the remaining entries comprised of teams from Ardscoil na mBráithre, Borrisokane Community College, CBS Thurles, Colaiste Phobáil Rós Cré,…