Old Thurles

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Cover of an illustrated catalogue showing greenhouses
Image of a book with items associated with baking and cooking on the cover.
A Jacobs biscuit tin with an image of an Aer Lingus hostess on the lid. There is a green and white livery aeroplane in the background parked on a run way.
Colourful poster on a shop window
Plastic shopping bag with green text, mostly in Irish, with Dunnes Stores and St. Bernard written in English
Text report of a cricket match from contemporary newspaper in September 1891
Bench mark chiseled into a railway bridge limestone wall.
Blue steam engine
Blue steam engine, named Slieve Gullion, entering Thurles railway station pulling a number of carriages
Coloured 12 inch vinyl album cover featuring image of folk singer Johnny McEvoy. Artwork by Jim Fitzpatrick
Concert ticket for the first Trip to Tipp music festival, August 1990
Grave memorial with font inscriptions coloured in black.
Large Celtic style cross with interlace motif
Black marble information plaque with white text
White marble grave memorial with black text
White marble memorial with black text
Engraved metal sun dial, mounted on a wall. Not in it's original position.
Cast iron sign. Black painted type on white background
Text from a newspaper report in 1883
Cover of a book with content relating to codes use while on railway business
Membership card for a cricket team in Dublin. Yellow paper on hard board cover
Base of a broken cup, with a railway company logo on it.
Cover of a book from 1933
Cover of a book, with boys playing cricket on the street as it's cover image.
Image of a marble grave memorial to memory of James Connell who was killed in an accident at Thurles Railway Station in April 1892
Race articles for Thurles horse races in 1840 as reported in the contemporary press
Press report of a cricket match in 1894 between Clonmel Star CC and Thurles GS&WR CC
Grave memorial for General Richard Mulcahy at Ballymoreen graveyard.
Tree stumps unearthed in Littleton bog and pushed aside to the outskirts of the bog.
Old glass bottle with Dwan's County Orange label, Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Victorian pillar box at Friar St, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, painted green.
Irish Transport and General Workers Union (ITGWU) membership card, 1981/82
Mermaids Purse, Garryvoe Beach, Co. Cork. A search online suggests it may be that of a lesser-spotted dogfish
Memorial to Hercules and Henry Beere, Liskeveen Castle in the interior of St Mary's Church of Ireland, Littleton, both of whom died in the peninsular wars.