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 _054.jpg
Black and white image of a view through an arch to a tracery window in the ruined Kilcooley Abbey, Co. Tipperary. This is a Cistercian abbey near the village of Gortnahoe. This abbey dates from 1182 when Donal Mor O’Brien granted lands to the…

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…

Fr Philip Fogarty _026.jpg
Black and white image of the ruins of Kilcooley Abbey. The abbey dates from 1182 and was a Cistercian foundation. It became a Butler posession after the reformation and then passed to Alexanders in the 1630s and by marriage to Barkers. Mid 20th…

124B Fountains Abbey, view from East, 24 Oct 1921.jpg
Black and white photographic image of the ruined Fountains Abbey. Founded in 1132 and dissolved in 1539 by order of Henry VIII. Yorkshire, England. 24 October 1921

124A Fountains Abbey, view from West, 24 Oct 1921.jpg
Black and white photographic image of the ruined Fountains Abbey. Founded in 1132 and dissolved in 1539 by order of Henry VIII. Yorkshire, England. 24 October 1921
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