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Labourer’s cottage plans

A recent buy, this little book of plans was printed 'in haste' in 1868 for those landowners who couldn't wait for the winner of the Agricultural Society prize for best labourer's cottages designs to be announced. Some of the explanatory…

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January Lecture; 1919 Waiting for Revolution

Des Marnane with the help of Cathal O'Donoghue will look at 1919 through a selection of contemporary documents. Des Marnane's most recent publications are The 3rd Brigade: a history of the Volunteers/IRA in South Tipperary  and County Tipperary 1917-1921 - a history…

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Christmas Opening Hours

Monday 23rd December - Closing 4pm Tuesday 24 Dec - Sat 28th Dec - CLOSED Monday 30th Dec -Closing 5pm Tuesday 31st Dec - Closing 5pm Wednesday 1st January - CLOSED Thursday 2nd January - Normal Hours Happy Christmas from…

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Atlassel Abbey podcast now available

Thanks to Donal's hard work in the background and the kind permission of Salvador Ryan our October lecture is available online as a podcast or video Podcast: https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/you-may-want-a-priest-yet-the-portrayal-of-the-catholic-priest-in-irish-folklore/s-ciQC3 video available here  https://www.youtube.com/user/Tippstudies/videos

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December Lecture Tuesday 17th @ 7.30pm

The Castles, Tower, & Fortified Houses of Limerick, 1199-1703 This lecture - which includes the Butler Lordship in Tipperary - presents Joseph Lennon’s extensive research on Limerick’s castles and owners from 1199-1703. He spent 2010-2018 researching and compiling a photographic-survey…

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Holycross drawings

Some gorgeous drawings of Holycross Abbey taken from the 50th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works 1882.

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Sketches and prints of Tipperary

We have a large archive of prints, photos and postcards relating to Tipperary. Some of my favorite ones are the Bartlett and Hooper sketches. This one is of St. Marys, Thurles in a ruined state in 1793. The church was…

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November ‘People and Places’ Lecture

Our November lecture "You may want a priest yet": the portrayal of the Catholic Priest in Irish Folklore takes place on November 19th at 7.30pm in The Source, Thurles. Salvador Ryan is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth,…

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Priest and Folklore in Tipperary

'Priest's heads were very dear at that time' a #Halloween worthy story from North Tipperary about priest hunting in penal times and why the ghost of Harry Palmer is still 'going around' Ivy hall. Read more at https://www.duchas.ie/en or come…

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