New: Collection of auction posters online
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. …
Holycross Show 1970-1991 online exhibition
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…
Centenary lecture; Tipperary in 1920
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…
Famine records live today
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…
Famine era PLU records launch
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/
Did your family own a dog during the War of Independence?
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…
Famine Records Digitisation Project
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.…
Podcast 80; Dr Wilde and Tipperary workhouse
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
Podcast 79; Parnell in Tipperary 1880
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
Famine Records Digitisation Project of Tipperary County Council Library Service
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. Prior to the famine period, in 1838, an act for the more effectual Relief of…