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Soil from Thurles Sportsfield for Casement Park, Belfast

Title

Soil from Thurles Sportsfield for Casement Park, Belfast

Subject

Runners outside Hayes Hotel Thurles. 1953

Description

Black and white image of relay runners, Jimmy Semple, Jimmy Walsh and Sam Melbourne outside Hayes Hotel, Thurles. They were about to set off with soil from Thurles Sportsfield (Semple Stadium) to scatter on Casement Park, Belfast for the official opening. 13 June 1953

Creator

Unknown

Source

Ned O'Shea Collection

Publisher

Digitised by Tipperary Studies

Date

1953

Rights

© O'Shea family

Relation

Photograpic collections at Tipperary Studies

Format

Jpeg image

Language

English

Type

Black and white Jpeg images

Coverage

Liberty Square, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

Files

Old Thurles photos_008.jpg

Citation

Unknown, “Soil from Thurles Sportsfield for Casement Park, Belfast,” Tipperary Archive, accessed April 28, 2024, https://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/6478.