Tipperary Archive

Welcome to Tipperary Studies.
Home of local studies research for Tipperary County Council Library Service.

The Local Studies Department is the primary resource for local history research in County Tipperary for historians and enthusiasts. It has a dedicated reading room with modern research facilities.

Browse Collections (135 total)

Photograph album of Butler-Stoney family of Portland Park

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A photographic album of the Butler-Stoney family of Portland Park, Tipperary: In Burkes 1904 landed gentry the family were Walter Charles…

Photographs

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Photographs from our archive

Fr Tom Kennedy's Holycross slide collection

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Fr Kennedy (1926 – 1994) was a native of Ballyheen, Templemore and spent his working life in Alabama, U.S.A. He retired due to ill health in 1970 and…

Fr Kennedy's slides: Holycross village life

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Photographs taken by Fr. Tom Kennedy from his retirement to Holycross village circa 1970 due to ill health.

Fr. Kennedy slides: Tipperary interest

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Photographs taken by Fr. Tom Kennedy of Tipperary over the course of roughly twenty years both on trips home from his ministry in Alabama and from his…

Fr Kennedy slides: Irish interest

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Photographs taken by Fr. Tom Kennedy over the course of roughly twenty years both on trips home from his ministry in Alabama and from his retirement…

Fr Kennedy slides: Parades

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Photographs of parades around Tipperary and further afield taken by Fr. Tom Kennedy during the 1970s

Fr Kennedy slides: The arts

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A collection of photographs relating to the performing arts. Covering traditional dancing, music and stage performances. Many of the images relate to…

Fr Kennedy slides: Religious ceremonies in Holycross

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Photographs taken by Fr Tom Kennedy of religious ceremonies in Holycross Abbey and old parish church. Mainly 1970s

Fr Kennedy slides: Restoration of Abbey

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A collection of photographs documenting the restoration of Holycross Abbey throughout the 1970s and the people involved in the project