Tipperary Archive

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

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Fr Philip Fogarty _049.jpg
Black and white image of the ruined Loughmoe castle at Loughmore, Co. Tipperary. The castle comprises a 15th century tower with a 17th century fortified house added to the north. The home of the Purcell family, Barons of Loughmoe until the 18th…

Fr Philip Fogarty _022.jpg
Black and white image of the lowere part of one wall of a ruined castle at Rorardstown Upper, Drom, Co. Tipperary. Listed as a Purcell castle in 1640 and as ruined by the Civil Survey 1656. Mid 20th century

Fr Philip Fogarty _011.jpg
Black and white image of Rahelty Castle, a large tower house with rounded corners. Once the property of the Purcells of Loughmoe and described in the Civil Survey (1656) as a castle out of all repair. The tower house is four stories high and stood in…

Various family genealogies undated.pdf
Manuscript document containing family trees of Norton, Purcell, Grene, Biddulph and Browne families. Undated

Cooke and Purcell genealogies.pdf
Manuscript family tree of the Cooke of Garrengrena and Purcell of Loughmoe families in Tipperary. Undated
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