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 (141 total)

Holycross Show

Golden Vale hunt at Holycross.jpeg

Initially started by a local committee as a fund raiser towards the restoration of the world famous Holy Cross Abbey, Holycross Horse Show soon grew…

Contributors: Tipperary Studies

Historic postcards of Tipperary

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Historic Postcard collection at Tipperary Studies

Gus Butler photographic collection

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Photographs taken by Gus Butler from Friar Street, Thurles, mostly during the 1940s and 50s. This small collection includes photos of the local…

Grene Ledgers 1845- 1852

1852 Mr Grene ledger pt 1.pdf

Manuscript ledgers of Mr Grene 1845- 1852

Graystown National School Records

Graystown NS girls register 1919 - 1923.pdf

A collection of records from Graystown NS.The first Graystown national school was built in 1843, it was a slated one roomed building which is still…

Contributors: Graystown National School

Graveyard Memorial Transcriptions

Statistics for St Patricks Cemetery.pdf

Contributors: Ormond Historical Society, Killenaule Moyglass Parish, Con Ryan, Tom Burnell, Pat Bracken, Eamonn Crowley

Gravestone Inscription Records from Co. Tipperary

Timoney Park Graveyard at Cullaun.pdf

Records of names of people and places recorded on headstones, grave slabs, wall plaques and monuments

Contributors: Ormond Historical Society; Killenaule Historical Society; Clonmel Historical Society, Mr Con Ryan

Gormanstown National School records

Gormanstown National School girls register 1919_1930_Redacted.pdf

A collection of records from Gormanstown NS. Gormanstown Agricultural Model School was established in 1848. 18 pupils from Gormanstown School…

Gaile National School Records

Gaile National School girls register 1900-1925_Redacted.pdf

A collection of records from Gaile NS. The National School at Gaile was established on 3rd September 1900 and was built by a contractor from…

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…