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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.
Colour image of a manuscript map of Charles Bianconi's estate in Pallas Lower, Barony of Kilnamanagh,County Tipperary. 1855. Surveyed by Robert Cushinee in 1855
A coloured manuscript map of part of Bianconi's Longfield estate showing the house and demesne land. Bianconi bought the estate from Captain Long in 1846 and moved to live there from Clonmel until his death in 1875. 1850
Black and white image of the front façade of Silverspring House Clonmel. This was originally built as a charter school in 1747 the school closed in 1824. The following year it was leased by Charles Bianconi who renamed it Silver Spring. He later…