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…
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
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…
Studies will be closed Monday 9th December
The Source Library and Tipperary Studies are closed on Monday the 9th December for staff training. Apologies for the inconvenience.
Holycross drawings
Some gorgeous drawings of Holycross Abbey taken from the 50th Annual Report of the Commissioners of Public Works 1882.
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…
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,…
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…
Athassel Lecture podcast and video now available
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Tadhg O'Keeffe's October lecture on Athassel Priory is now available online. Thanks especially to Donal Lillis for working his usual magic to achieve this and Dr. O'Keeffe for permission to post the lecture.…
Dr Tadhg O’Keeffe and Athassel Priory
Many thanks to Dr. Tadhg O'Keeffe for a wonderfully interesting and informative lecture on Athassel and it's foundation. Who knew you could tell so much about a building just by looking closely. Thanks also to the capacity crowd who came along and…