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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postcards of Tipperary Town_003.jpg
Black and white postcard of the front façade of the Abbey CBS. Tipperary Town. No date

View across river to opposite bank.jpg
View across river Suir to opposite bank. Location known as 'the Turn of Abbey'. The house was the home of James and Alice Cooney, Wood Road, Kilmacomma, Clonmel. 1921 Black and white image

Paddy Loughnane photos_001.jpg
Black and white Photographic image of a group of patients at the 'San' or tuberculosis sanatorium in Roscrea. The building was the old workhouse, now demolished. 1950s

'The office' at Holycross Gymkhana_Waterford glass trophies in front 1973.jpg
Colour image of a caravan being used as the horse registration office at Holycross Gymkhana with trophies on a table in front. 1973

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 August 1977 Rex on wall.jpg
Man repairing thatch on cottage roof with Rex sitting on the wall. August 1977

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

Thatcher boy and dog on roof.jpg
Colour image of a thatcher a boy and a dog on a cottage roof in Holycross. 1970s

Thatcher and helpers on roof ladder.jpg
Colour image of a thatcher a Boy and Rex on a roof ladder repairing the thatch on Holycross cottage. 1970s
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