In our December lecture Dr Paul MacCotter talks about the genealogy of the O'Maher/Meagher/Maher sept. Their heartland in Ikerrin, North Tipperary and their connection with the ancient monastery at Monaincha near Roscrea. Listen on our Soundcloud channel Ikerrin and the…
The latest genealogical collection to be released by the digitisation team at Tipperary Studies is the Cancelled Valuation Books for north Tipperary. Divided into 75 District Electoral Divisions (DED), the first release of the material covers 23 DEDs, and totals…
Our November lecture is now live on both our YouTube watch the video here and our Soundcloud listen to the lecture here channels. Dr John Reynolds is an historian and a serving sergeant in the Garda Síochána had done extensive…
This week we are delighted to host the Thurles Garda District Centenary Celebration Week, which is Commemorating 100 years since the formation of An Garda Síochána. From Monday the 14th of November until Friday the 18th of November there will be a Garda Síochána…
Our sixteenth lecture series kicks off with a talk by Francis Devine on the ITGWU in Tipperary - with special reference to the Lewis brothers of Nenagh. Francis is a former tutor, SIPTU college and is the author of Organising…
Our October lecture the ITGWU in Tipperary is now live on our Youtube the ITGWU in Tipperary video and Soundcloud The ITGWU in Tipperary audio only channels. Francis Devine discusses the history of the ITGWU from it's formation in 1908…
A new collection of manuscripts relating to the Cooke family of Borrisoleigh and the Grene family of Cappamurra & Dublin has just been added to our digital archive. Cooke of Garrengrena collection Amongst the papers are genealogies of the Cooke…
Like so much else over the past few years, Tipperary Historical Society held no meetings so that the last AGM was in June 2019. Some degree of normality was restored when on Saturday 23 July members gathered at The…
Seven volumes of watch job books from John Rudd, Watchmaker and Jeweller, Thurles, Co. Tipperary have just gone live on our digital archives. They comprise 27,548 names and addresses of people who lived left in an item for repair at…
