Canadian Woman Finds Her Roots in Tipperary: Book Launch Sunday 6 July

Sheelagh na Gig bookshop invites everyone to attend the launch of Going Home: Tipperary Roots by Canadian Judith A Colbert on Sunday, 5 July at 8pm in the Thomas MacDonagh Heritage Centre in Cloughjordan.   In Canada, settlers from Tipperary played a major role in the formation of London Township in southwesternOntario. As a descendant of a Tipperary family, Judith A. Colbert set out to learn more […]

Coffee evening for Africa Aware in Cloughjordan

The “Warm Heart of Africa” is an apt name for Malawi.This heart beats with the amazing resilience of people hit with all sorts of tragedies – poverty, disease and AIDS – and yet the place remains a place of laughter. This laughter is everywhere and it comes to you from across the plains and through […]