Tipperary Archive

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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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Fr Philip Fogarty _098.jpg
Black and white image of Holycross Abbey ruins sent in 1929 to the then curate Fr P. Fogarty at Parkstown, Horse & Jockey, Thurles

Fr Philip Fogarty _033.jpg
Black and white image of the ruined Holycross Abbey. This was a Cistercian Monastery in Thurles founded in 1169 by King Donal O'Brien of Thomond. It became a place of pilgrimage in medieval times. The abbey fell into ruin following the Cromwellian…

Holycross Abbey a series of drawings_Close 1868.pdf
A printed card bound collection of twelve architectural drawings and a description of Holycross Abbey, Co. Tipperary done by Samuel Close. 1868

Laying the floor in front of sedelia.jpg
Colour image of four workmen laying the floor in front of the sedelia. 1975

Workmen placing the new altar.jpg
Colour image of a group of workmen placing the new altar. 1974

Working on the Tower Feb 1972.jpg
Colour image of men working on the castellations on top of Holycross Abbey tower. 1972

Working on the nave roof 1975.jpg
Colour image of men working on the boarding and slating of the nave roof. 1975

working on the E window.jpg
Colour image of a workman at the top of the ladder to an almost completed east window. 1975

working on stones Holycross August 1973.jpg
Colour image of workmen at heap of building stone on the river bank. No date

Working on roof 1975.jpg
Colour image of working on the nave roof seen from the tower. Summer 1975
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