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

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Black and white image of the ruins of Knockgraffon church. Co. Tipperary. These are the remains of a 13th century church. The townland was once an important settlement with a castle and motte. It is believed to have been an inauguration site for…

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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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Black and white image of Rahelty Castle, a large tower house with rounded corners. Once the property of the Purcells of Loughmoe and described in the Civil Survey (1656) as a castle out of all repair. The tower house is four stories high and stood in…

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Black and white image of a ringfort, Rath Ordán near Cashel, Co. Tipperary

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Black and white image of a low mound near scrub in Rathmacarthy, Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of a stone shed and the remains of a circular enclosure at Ballynock, Co. Tipperary. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of Rockwell College a boarding school established in 1864 by the Holy Ghost Fathers. Rockwell, New Inn, 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 ruined buildings, possibly a church. Mid 20th century
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