Tipperary Archive

Welcome to Tipperary Studies.
Home of local studies research for Tipperary County Council Library Service.

The Local Studies Department is the primary resource for local history research in County Tipperary for historians and enthusiasts. It has a dedicated reading room with modern research facilities.

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Thurles streets_030.jpg
Colour image of the seven arch limestone Suir Bridge in Thurles. Built c.1600 and widened c.1820 with a view of the Ursuline convent across the river. No date

Thurles streets_038.jpg
Black and white image of the railway bridge at the Horse & Jockey. No date

Thurles streets_029.jpg
Colour image of Ned O'Shea and Ted Scanlon on Croke Street.

Old Thurles photos_007.jpg
Black and white photographic image of the workforce for the new Sugar Factory in Thurles. The Sugar Factory operated in Thurles from 1934 to 1989. No date

Easter Sunday 1974_001.jpg
Black and white image of five men lining up for a race. Thurles, Easter Sunday 1974

Old Thurles photos_008.jpg
Black and white image of relay runners, Jimmy Semple, Jimmy Walsh and Sam Melbourne outside Hayes Hotel, Thurles. They were about to set off with soil from Thurles Sportsfield (Semple Stadium) to scatter on Casement Park, Belfast for the official…

Old Thurles photos_010.jpg
Black and white image of a boys class with numbers on some of the boys. Possibly Thurles CBS. No date

Thurles streets_035.jpg
Colour image of a three storey period building on the Mall, Thurles. No date

Thurles streets_025.jpg
Paddy Barry locking up O'Meara's Shoe Shop on the day it closed. Liberty Square, Thurles. No date

Easter Sunday 1976_007.jpg
Black and white image of some of the Old I.R.A. parading down Liberty Square. Easter Sunday 1976
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