Glass plate photographic image collection of Munster now online In June 2021 Tipperary Studies Department of Tipperary County Council Library Service acquired 399 glass plate negatives. The images were taken during the latter half of the 1930s, which is apparent…
We have just added a collection of fifty two auction posters from the 1930s and 40s to our online digital archives. The posters were digitised by kind permission of Paul Walsh and son, Templemore. …
Twenty-One Years of Holycross Show 1970 - 1991. Tipperary Studies invites you to its online exhibition Twenty-One Years of Holycross Show 1970 – 1991. See https://tipperarystudies.ie/holycross-show/ Enjoy the many photos, read the reviews in papers nationwide and listen to the…
Our usual commemoration lecture which had to be postponed due to Covid 19 restrictions is now available on podcast. As hostilities escalated over the course of 1920 the IRA changed tactics and targets. Des Marnane with the help of Cathal…
It's an exciting morning here in Studies as our #Famine records go live today. Well done to the team Pat, Jess, Mary, Aoife, Greg and Jane who made this possible. The clip is from the Tipperary Poor Law union minute book 11th…
Our Famine era PLU minute books go live this Friday. The PLU Minute Book Digital Archive will be launched next Friday 28 May, at 12 noon, by Cllr Michael Smith, Cathaoirleach, Tipperary County Council. Check them out at http://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/
With no census taken in Ireland between 1911 and 1926, the registers will be considered a valuable genealogical resource as well as an interesting social snippet. They list the name and address of the dog’s owner, and the breed, sex…
COMING SOON Famine Records Digitisation Project of Tipperary County Council Library Service Dr. Pat Bracken. Tipperary County Council Library Service holds a vast collection of Poor Law Union Minute Books, Rate Books, and Workhouse Registers, encompassing virtually the entire county.…
The contemporary report of Dr. William Wilde on the conditions causing an opthalmia infection to sweep through the children in Tipperary workhouse in 1849 and 1850 listen to podcast here
In October 1880 Charles Stewart Parnell visited Tipperary Town. At the time, the most influential man in Irish politics and Tipperary turned out to meet him in style. listen to podcast here