Tipperary Archive

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Group of LSF members from Thurles. 1940s.jpg
Black and white image of a group of Local Security Force members (1941 - Feb 1946) a precursor to the FCA or Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil. Front row, unknown, Simon Whelan, Ned Roche and P. Shaughnessy. 1940s

Group on Mitchel Street, Thurles, Co. Tipperary in 1964.jpg
Black and white image of a group on Mitchel Street, Thurles. Left to right Eddie Kenehan, Peg Kenehan (Neé Loughnane, Margaret Roche, Thomas Whelehan (Geezer). 1964

Paddy Loughnane 24_001.jpg
Black and white image of staff working on the factory floor of Dwan's soft drink company in Thurles. The company was set up by W.J. Dwan in 1921 and it was sold in the mid- 1980s. No date

Paddy Loughnane prints 24_002.jpg
Colour image of James and Mrs. Loughnane standing at the door of their home on Butler Avenue, Thurles. 1960s

Paddy Loughnane prints 24_004.jpg
Black and white image of three men including Jimmy Purcell and Jack Tobin standing by the Cormack Brothers coffins in the specially built masoleum in Loughmore where their bodies had been reinterred after removal from Nenagh Jail 52 years after their…

Paddy Loughnane photos_008.jpg
Black and white image of three boys in their confirmation outfits. L to R John Meledy, Billy Ryan and John Crowe. Mitchel street, Thurles. 1960s

Paddy Loughnane prints 24_047.jpg
Black and white photographic image of John Ryan 'Wattie' and his son Walter at home in Mitchel Street, Thurles. 1950s

Paddy Loughnane prints 24_024.jpg
Black and white photographic image of John Whelan from Mitchel Street standing outside Semple Stadium in Thurles. 1960s

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Black and white Photographic image of Judy Ryan 'Wattie' and her parents sitting on a garden wall in Sean Treacy Avenue, Loughtagalla, Thurles. 1960s

Paddy Loughnane prints 24_013.jpg
Black and white image of a couple Mai O'Connell and Tommy Gleeson standing at the foot of St. Patricks Cross, Rock of Cashel. 1950s
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