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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Fr Philip Fogarty _098.jpg
Black and white image of Holycross Abbey ruins sent in 1929 to the then curate Fr P. Fogarty at Parkstown, Horse & Jockey, Thurles

Fr Philip Fogarty _033.jpg
Black and white image of the ruined Holycross Abbey. This was a Cistercian Monastery in Thurles founded in 1169 by King Donal O'Brien of Thomond. It became a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. The abbey fell into ruin following the Cromwellian…
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