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Date: Permanent display
Location: County Museum
Contact: 051 - 6134550
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| In May 2006, Pat Walsh, grandnephew of Maurice Davin, donated the ‘Cruiskeen’ to South Tipperary County Museum. Grant aid and sponsorship resulted in the boat being sent to the Conservation Centre in Letterfrack for restoration. The journey of the boat’s removal from the cowshed back to the Museum was the subject of a ‘Nationwide’ programme shown on R.T.E in 2006. Maurice Davin would have been flattered by the men and women that afforded so much of their time to the research, display and conservation of his prized rowing boat – ‘The Cruiskeen’
The Boat is a unique example of a four oar-sculling skiff of light clinker construction and copper fastened. The boat is a unique example of mid to late 19th century lap stroke construction. The moulded treatment of the steamed frames has not been documented before, according to Historian & shipwright, Michael Kennedy. The level of craft and skill in the artefact is extremely high.
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| :::: Denis G. Marnane - How Others Saw Us |
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Date: 15th March @7.30pm
Location: Tipperary Studies Department
Contact: For further details, contact John or Mary (0504) 29278, studies@tipperarylibrari
Lecture Series at Tipperary Studies, The Source, Thurles
Denis G. Marnane How Others Saw Us: perceptions of Tipperary over the centuries in travel literature, prose and fiction.
Admission is free, tea is served.
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| They came. They saw. They wrote. This talk takes an entertaining look at what strangers made of us over the centuries. A variety of sources are used, some very unfamiliar, even to those who know their county.
Denis G. Marnane lives and works in Tipperary town. He has a PhD (UCC) in modern history and is an annual contributor to the Tipperary Historical Journal; he is the present secretary of the Tipperary Historical Society of which he is a founder member. His publications include Land and Violence, Land and Settlement and Cashel history and guide. He is co-author of Finding Tipperary and co-editor of A political directory of County Tipperary 1918-2010.
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