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 (151 total)

John Quinn letters

John Quinn voyage 1910.pdf

Letters to John Quinn in Ballypatrick 1920s and two accounts from him of travel in England 1906 and of his voyage to Australia 1910

John Quinn postcard collection

Quinn Irish greetings_021.jpg

A collection of postcards featuring Irish locations, Irish patriots and Irish greetings from the Early 20th century. Part of the John Quinn collection…

John Rudd, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Thurles. Watch Job Books 1901 to 1930

Rudd Watch Makers, Thurles, Watch Job Book 1923-1930 Part 1.pdf

Account books of watch repairs carried out at John Rudd, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

Contributors: Patrick Slattery, Cormackstown Heritage Centre

John Sharkey War of Independence Collection

Sharkey brown album.pdf

The Sharkey Collection. Seán (John / Jack) Sharkey, intelligence officer with the 3rd Tipperary Brigade was an avid photographer and took this…

Contributors: Tipperary 3rd Brigade

John Walsh and Son, Auctioneers, Templemore, Co. Tipperary

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Single sheet posters of various colours. The collection also includes two photographs of John Walsh who founded the auctioneering business in 1883

Contributors: Tipperary Studies digital copies of loaned items from the John Walsh and Son, Auctioneers and Valuers Archive

Kent Borrisokane collection

Kent Borrisokane accounts 1884_1896 pt 1.pdf

Walter Francis Kent was a merchant and grocer who operated a business in Borrisokane, County Tipperary, Ireland in the late 19th and early 20th…

Kilcash National School records

Kilcash National School religious examination schedule 1927.pdf

Records of the National School at Kilcash, Co. Tipperary. 1872 - 1929.
The national school in Kilcash was in existence since 1814 supported by the…

Killenaule National School Records

Killenaule NS Boys Roll 1919_1925.pdf

A collection of records from Killenaule NS. 1871 - 1925.
The school opened in 1870 and a schoolhouse with separate boys and girls sections was…

Landed Estates collections

Rental of Cahir Abbey estate 1932.pdf

Various collections relating to Tipperary Landed Estates

Lisnamrock National School Records

Lisnamrock National School girls register 1910_1925_Redacted.pdf

A collection of records from Lisnamrock NS. The old national school known as ‘The Acres’ at Lisnamrock was established in 1874 to service the…