The way has been cleared to add to the tourism potential of a village on the Tipp – Kilkenny border. Tipperary County Council has granted permission to construct five cottages on the outskirts of Ahenny which would be used as short-term holiday lets. James Whelan applied for permission for the holiday cottages at Tinakilly last […]
All of the best reasons to visit County Tipperary
All of the best reasons to visit County Tipperary
It may be a long way to Tipperary, especially these days, but when you get there you ll enjoy every single minute!
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County Tipperary is known as The Premier County, and Shauna OâHalloran of IrishCentral s sister magazine Ireland of the Welcomes shares with us the best reasons to give it a visit.
Of course, during lockdown, all our travel plans are put on hold, but we can still dream about our next vacation in Ireland. If you re planning on visiting County Tipperary you ll have plenty of things to see and do to keep you entertained. Remember to check opening times and restrictions before you visit as these may vary!
Cranes on the horizon: Mythic bird could be on verge of Irish comeback Return would be a great success for Bord na Móna’s peatland biodiversity measures
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Like a guilty, cultural echo, the word “crane” hangs on, at least in parts of the west, as an everyday word for the heron. How marvellous, at last, to find the real bird signalling its return, and this to an Irish landscape itself on its way back to nature.
The pair of common cranes now ensconced on a floating nest among the reeds “somewhere” on a rewetted, midlands Bord na Móna bog have not, as I write, yielded young. Breeding attempts in the past two years were unsuccessful.
Illegal dumping in County Kilkenny casts shadow over recent litter-picking efforts
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The litter-picking efforts of the Callan, Coolagh, Windgap, Tullahought, Ahenny, Faugheen, Clashnasmuth and Owning community volunteers over the previous eight weeks would see the area in good stead for another long while, or so it was thought.
However just last weekend the usual wrappers, cups and cans began accumulating again and have now been joined by a tyre on the roadside in Seskin.
Further, a freshly filled black bag of rubbish was thrown into the stream at the gullet in Windgap where the dry weather and low water levels left it lying under the bridge.