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…
For Heritage Week 2022 Tipperary Studies is delighted to present a selection from the huge collection of slides and photographs, taken by Fr. Tom Kennedy, Holycross in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection was recently donated to Tipperary Studies by…
Many thanks to John Coman for launching the 2022 Tipperary Historical Journal. John hails from Church Street in Tipperary Town and is a long time member of the Tipperary Historical Society. He works as the College Secretary in Trinity College…
Tipperary Studies will close at 12pm this Saturday 23rd July to facilitate the AGM of the Tipperary Historical Society. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.
1837 poster for the sale of the Hoar Abbey estate in #Cashel. Some of the new material recently added to our digital archives, from our Joe Walsh collection which has a wide range of material from a crown solicitor's office…
Our final lecture in series fifteen. Dr Des Marnane gives an overview of Tipperary in 1921 through a series of documents which illustrate aspects of the final year of the War of Independence and the Truce. Listen on our soundcloud…