Tipperary Archive

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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.

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Black and white image of the Cathedral in Thurles from the gates of St. Patricks. Built in Romanesque style modelled on the Italian cathedral at Pisa. The Cathedral was conscecrated in June 1879 and cost £30,000 to build. The building is the fourth…

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Black and white image of ivy covered church ruins, the church ruins are marked on the 1843 OSI map. Gravestones in the adjoining graveyard are mostly 19th century. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of railway line running beside a barn. Unknown Tipperary location. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of tombstones and ruins of an old church in Two-mile-Borris. The church and graveyard are located close to a tower house and may date to a similar time. Very little of the church remains today. Mid 20th century.

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Black and white image of the derelict Gortkelly Castle in the mid 20th Century. This was originally a country house built around 1800 with a later Gothic façade added around 1830. The house was the home of the Ryan family. The house roof was removed…

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Black and white image of a circular enclosure in Deerpark, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

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Black and white image of the lowere part of one wall of a ruined castle at Rorardstown Upper, Drom, Co. Tipperary. Listed as a Purcell castle in 1640 and as ruined by the Civil Survey 1656. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of the village of Two-Mile-Borris, Co. Tipperary from the fields. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of an ruined tower house in a motte and bailey very overgrown. Gortkelly, Co. Tipperary

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Black and white image of the now disused Protestant Church in Holycross. The church was built in 1821 on the site of an earlier medieval church. The graveyard attached to the church is the oldest in the parish going back to the 12th century. The…
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