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…
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/
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…
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.…
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
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
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…
Our latest podcast tells the story of the reports of Sir John Perrot to the court of Elizabeth I detailing his efforts to suppress the Geraldine rebellion of James Fitzmaurice, cousin of the Our latest podcast tells the story of…
The mystery surrounding a lease for Barnanlleen, Co. Tipperary dated 1729 turning up in the walls of a Texas house. listen to podcast here
Podcast 76 in Denis Marnane's series on Tipperary history looks at William Purefoy of Greenfield house. Described by a local curate as a 'brute in human form'. https://soundcloud.com/tipperary-libraries/purefoy-of-cappawhite