Come home to Tipperary and meet the O Tierney clan!

The O'Tierney Clans Society invites all Tierney descendants worldwide to share in their Gathering 2013 event, which is scheduled as part of the country-wide Gathering 2013. The event will be held at the Abbey Court Hotel, Lower Dublin Road, Nenegh, County Tipperary, Ireland on August 23-26, 2013.

From their announcement: "If you would like to know where we come from and where we belong and who your forebearers are, well now is the chance for you to find out. At the event we will unveil new information connecting Tierneys to this area of the county. The Gathering will include Lectures/Talks, Tours, Dinner, Music and Craic. There will be opportunity for those interested in Genealogy to research and share information. Children will be catered for with fun crafts, Mini Archaeological dig, face-painting etc. So all you of Tierney descent in the Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, U.K. USA, and where-ever come and you will be most welcome. Hope to see you all here in Ireland - end of August. Slán is beannacht tamall."

Nenagh Castle in Tipperary

The event is planned as follows:

• August 23 - Meeting and greeting day
• August 24 - Research, lectures, dinner and entertainment
• August 25 - Tour day
• August 26 - Further genealogical research day

For further details, visit the O Tierney Clans Society Gatherine 2013 website and click "attend" for more information. You may also contact organizer Cahir Tierney at otighearnaigh@eircom.net.