Frank Patterson KCHS was an internationally renowned Irish tenor following in the tradition of singers such as Count John McCormack and Josef Locke. He was known as "Ireland's Golden Tenor".
Bronze life-size piece by Jerry McKenna titled "The Golden Tenor Statue". Unveiled in Mick Delahunty Square Clonmel, June 2002.
Gold record awarded to Patterson by Heartland for 1 million sales of The Golden Voice of Frank Patterson. (Tipperary Museum of Hidden History)
Clonmel is the county town and largest settlement of County Tipperary, Ireland. The town is noted in Irish history for its resistance to the Cromwellian army which sacked the towns of Drogheda and Wexford. With the exception of the townland of Suir Island, most of the borough is situated in the civil parish of "St Mary's" which is part of the ancient barony of Iffa and Offa East.
The Quays, Clonmel.
Mural in Clonmel with the Irish name of the town; note the bee and honey.
Old Saint Mary's Church
West Gate of the town walls