Maurice McGrath: Listowel and Tipperary By Vincent Carmody It is now 94 years since the death of Maurice McGrath, Listowel Postmaster. Few today are aware of the organisational impact that this Tipperary native had on Gaelic games in his adopted…
Tipperary Studies will close on the 2nd and 3rd February
Tipperary Studies will be closed on Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd February. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
1654 Book of Distribution for the County Tipperary digitised
We have digitised our manuscript copy of 'The book of distribution of County Tipperary' 1654, taken by Maurice Lenihan in 1860 from an earlier copy in the possession of Rev. James O'Carroll of Clonoulty. The copy includes an appendix of…
December Lecture now online
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…
North Tipperary Cancelled Valuation Books online
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…
November lecture; Guarda an Pobal, policing the Irish Free State 1922
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…
November lecture and exhibition
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…
New collection of family documents in our digital archive
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…
Review of Tipperary Historical Journal 2022
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…