Exhibition celebrating history of local Tipperary town opens for month of May
"Our Town: Its History & People" can be viewed in the Source Arts Centre, Thurles
Thurles Library is currently hosting an exhibition by Croke Street Residents Association titled ‘Our Town: Its History & People’ which opened on Tuesday April 29 in The Thurles Library Source Gallery, to mark the start of the Library’s May Bealtaine Festival.
A great evening was had by all in attendance surrounded by memories of Thurles Town and delicious refreshments.
The guest speaker Jimmy Duggan officially opened the exhibition with contributions from John Wort (Garden of Remembrance); Hugh Ryan (Foldaway Toys formerly of Croke St); Anthony Condron who played ‘Sliabh na mBan’ on Harry Gleeson’s fiddle; and Bríd Martley who thanked everybody involved for all their work on behalf of the organising committee.
Gerry Flannery, Thurles Library Manager, was MC for the evening.
James Kiely, Thurles Library Attendant, hung the exhibition with help from Bríd Martley and Jack Gleeson.
The exhibition will be on view during library opening hours until Saturday 24 May.