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.
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…
A record of the Irish Tourist Association topographical and general survey of Gortnahoe, its natural features, antiquities, historic associations, sport, etc.