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 (133 total)

County Tipperary (S.R.) Vocational Education Committee collection

Tipperary S.R. Tuberculosis Care Committee.pdf

Posters advertising part-time classes and continuing education classes at various Vocational Educational Committee (V.E.C.) centres throughout south…

Contributors: Tipperary Studies

Cunningham Archive

Templemore, Thurles ephemera.pdf

A collection of material relating to North Tipperary donated by Dr George Cunningham, Roscrea are a large selection of bill heads and receipts from…

Contributors: Dr George Cunningham

Ed O'Shea photographic collection

Opening of ESB station Thurles_002.jpg

A rich photographic collection of images from Thurles and it's surrounding hinterland as captured by local photographer Ed "Ned" O'Shea, Croke Street,…

Contributors: Digitised by Tipperary Studies

Edmond Murphy Photographic Negative Collection

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Digital images made from negative images contained in the Murphy Collection at Tipperary Studies. While most are of Ballinamona House, Cashel, Co.…

Contributors: Tipperary Studies

Estate Rentals

Rental of Cahir Abbey estate 1932.pdf

Estate rentals which show income derived from payments of tenants resident on estates

Contributors: Tipperary Studies

Estates Court rentals

Rental and particulars of parts of Crohane 1885.pdf

Maps, holdings, acreage, details on tenacies

Contributors: Incumbered Estates Court, Landed Estates Court

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

Young entrants in the Borrisoleigh parade 1973.jpg

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

Fr Kennedy slides: Religious ceremonies in Holycross

Young cross bearer beside the Suir_pilgrimage 1975.jpg

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