Tipperary Archive

Welcome to Tipperary Studies.
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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Antique steam engine and marquee
Colour image of an antique tractor outside the marquee where the threshing dance was held at the old style threshing event 1975

Driving the old engine 1975.jpg
Colour image of two men driving the old threshing engine 1975

Mill and straw bales 1975
Colour image of an old steam driven mill and straw bales at old style threshing event. Holycross. 1975

Ossie Bennet antique steam engine. 1975
Colour image of Osmond Bennet and sons antique steam engine being taken off a low loader truck. 1975

Dr Lee and Ellen at thatched shop in Ballycahill 1972.jpg
Colour image of Dr Lee and Ellen outside a thatched cottage with roses in Ballycahill 1972

View of thatched cottages Holycross.jpg
Colour image of a view of the thatched cottages at Holycross with two different roof styles. 1970s

Canon Hazleton at opening of Cottages Oct 1972.jpg
Canon Hazleton at opening of Cottages Oct 1972

Thatching the cottages 1979.jpg
Colour image of the thatcher and helpers lifting thatching reed bundles onto the cottage roof. 1979

Thatching Holycross 1979.jpg
Colour image of a man in red overalls thatching a roof in Holycross 1979

Thatching 1979.jpg
Colour image of a group of people and Rex around a thatched cottage being repaired. 1979
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