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.
Black and white image of a group of Local Security Force members (1941 - Feb 1946) a precursor to the FCA or Forsa Cosanta Aitiuil. Front row, unknown, Simon Whelan, Ned Roche and P. Shaughnessy. 1940s
Black and white image of four teenagers from Thurles, Paddy Loughnane, James Kenehan, John Molumby and Ned Roche in Loughtagalla (the battleground)in the 1930s.