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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Old Thurles show.jpg
Colour image of the Thurles show showjumping arena. No date

Old time reaping at John Butler's farm
Colour image of a man and boy stooking the sheaves at an old time reaping in Holycross. October 1975

Old time reaping_tea time.jpg
Colour image of reapers having a tea break.
L to R, Jim Cormack, Michael Flanagan, Jim Butler? and Gerry Spillane having a tea break at the old time reaping. Holycross. 1975

Jim Cormack on the reaper
Colour image of old time reaping at Newtown, Holycross. Jim Cormack of Galbertstown is operating the reaper. October 1975

On the bog 1964.jpg
Elderly man in a hat standing with turf stacks on the bog 1964

On the way to Maryboro June 1962.jpg
Thatched cottage in Maryborough. County Cork. 1962

Opening of cottages_Irish dancing display.jpg
Colour image of an Irish dancing display at the opening of the thatched cottages in Holycross. 1972

Operating the vintage milling machine 1975
Harry Langley and Patrick Flanagan operating the vintage baling machine at the old time threshing. 1975

Ozzie Bennet engine 1975.jpg
Colour image of Osmond Bennett & Sons Ltd., steam engine passing Holycross parish church, October 1975

Osmond Bennet engine in front of Abbey 1975.jpg
Colour image of Osmond Bennett & Sons Ltd., steam engine in front of Holycross Abbey for the old time threshing. 1975
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