Tipperary Archive

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Home of local studies research for Tipperary County Council Library Service.

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Black and white image of a ruined church close to a road. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of the ruins of a large building in a rural setting. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of Castlepark, built in the late 18th century for Richard Creagh. Alterations were done in the years before the famine. After the famine the estate was sold through the Encumbered Estates Court to William Scully who renamed it…

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Black and white image of Corville House a late 18th century house built by Edward Birch and was advertised for sale on his death in 1799. The house was bought by the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary who renamed it Sean Ross Abbey…

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Black and white image of St. Carthach's church, a romanesque church at the monastic settlement of Rahan. This is part of a collection of romanesque monastic remains on a site which dates back to the 6th century foundation of St. Carthach. Offaly.…

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Black and white image of a circular stone wall around a slated stone building. There is a view to a tower house across fields. There are a number of recorded ringforts and earthen enclosures in this townland. Ballyknock, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

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Black and white image of the side panels of the 16th century Archer tomb in the graveyard of St. Mary's, Thurles. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of the bell tower of the ruined Franciscan Friary at Roscrea. The friary was founded in the 15th century by Mulrooney O'Carroll, Lord of Ely. It was dissolved in 1579 and destroyed. Mid 20th century

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Black and white image of the Black Castle in Templemore Park. This was a 15th century Butler Castle built by James Butler, 4th Earl of Ormond (1393 - 1452)Family in 1698. The castle was accidently destroyed by fire in 1740. Templemore, Mid 20th…

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Black and white image of a graveyard for the Spiritian community of Rockwell College, Co. Tipperary. Rockwell College is run by the Spiritans, also known as The Holy Ghost Fathers and the cemetery in the grounds of the school is for the priests of…
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