1934 society wedding: The Hon. David Hely-Hutchinson (son of the Earl of Donoughmore) got married, and The Nationalist dedicated two full columns to the gift list. Everything from diamond jewellery, big cheques, and… ashtrays. The contrast is crazy.
#VintageWedding #HistoryTrivia
Have a listen to Tadgh O'Keeffe on Athassel Priory. The lecture was recorded in October 2019 and has been remastered and published on our new spotify account
open.spotify.com/episode/0Zfw...
The Story of Us exhibition brings the 1926 Census to life. Experience history through a curated mix of photographs, audio-visual displays and the original census records themselves.
We are delighted to announce that Tipperary Studies and Tipperary County Council Library Service will be hosting the #census1926 exhibition in partnership with National Archives Ireland.
The The Story of Us touring exhibition will be in Thurles Library, The Source... from November 2nd - 21st 2026.
Tipperary Studies now has a podcast channel on Spotify.
Our latest upload features the story of a young farm labourer who took a case against his employer in 1916.
You can search for Tipperary Studies on Spotify to have a listen.
Thomas Dinley 1681 map of the Silvermines from https://ttce.universityofgalway.ie/irelandillustrated/
The Gleesons (O'Glisanes) of Sivermines have a long and interesting presence in North Tipperary..
Read more in Damian Gleeson's article on the sept in THJ 2009
tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...
Map of area from NUIG database
Our March lecture is now available on our YouTube channel youtu.be/a0PNlgz01rI and our new Spotify channel open.spotify.com/episode/4RLy...
Dr Denis G Marnane unearths a long forgotten story from the 1860s in New Inn, Tipperary.
A 19th century sailing ship; Image created using Canva
In the first half of the 19th century nearly 800 Protestant families emigrated to Canada from North Tipperary and included Gleesons, Kennedys, Hogans and Ryans.See the article by M. Ó Gliasáin in THJ (1998)
tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...
In 1769 a newspaper advertisement appeared declaring that
on 26th of June ‘a great Stag Match will be fought in Fethard’
If you are curious...
Read Edward Law’s article in THJ (1998)
tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...
An upcoming FREE lecture in Ardmayle on Thursday 26th March at &PM. Archaeologist Joanne Hughes will be on the 17th century around Ardmayle area. All welcome
..and a little reminder that our final lecture in the present series is on Tuesday 24th in The Source Library Thurles @ 7pm
Almost 100 years on and the weather hasn't improved!
Lá Fheile Phadraig sona daoibh go léir
Thurles railway station in the 1950s, from our Gus Butler Photographs at https://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/6811
This is Thurles Railway Station, the most famous event in its history occurred on 7 August 1848 when a man was arrested while waiting to catch a train.
For more read the article by Richard Davis on William Smith O’Brien In THJ (1998)
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Patrick Leahy (Groom) Christine, Ellen and baby Molly Leahy. Ballinamona 1909. from our Edmond Murphy photographic collection at https://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/5053
Today we just wanted to say thank you to everyone over the years who has helped us identify details and people in our digital archives.
In the last week we found out that this family from 1909 are the Leahy family, who worked for the Murphys of Ballinamona.
we couldn’t do it without you!
Our March talk by Dr. Denis G. Marnane concerns the Rice family of Marlhill house in New Inn and their place in the life of the village.
Come along to the Source Library
Tuesday 24th March; 7pm
Free lecture, all welcome
Thomas Davis on Tipperary.
Stated as an immutable fact of the universe:
You can have all the soldiers in Britain. We don't care. The only people you need to guard the coast of Ireland is Tipperary men.
Just putting it out there..
thanks for the heads up, public now youtu.be/uQVzS9FdN8o
Ever noticed how pre‑1829 Irish Catholic churches are modest on the outside?
It wasn’t by accident.
A story of the development of Irish Catholic church architecture in difficult times.
Watch Dr. Niamh NicGabhann Coleman’s talk on youtu.be/uQVzS9FdN8o
Thanks to everyone who came along yesterday to Niamh NicGhabhann's fascinating talk on the development of Irish Catholic church architecture before and after emancipation.
Niamh has given permission to publish the lecture so watch this space.
Thanks to TJ Keane we now have the name and an account of a revolutionary era image of a young man in our digital archives.
He was Michael Heffernan who died during the Civil War aged only 20. He was only 17 when he became involved .
Read the story at tippstudiesdigital.ie/items/show/6...
An unusual item in our Cahir solicitors archive.
An 1892 letter from the US Treasury declining a claim for an army pension for James Mulcahy.
They had not recieved evidence from the War department that he had ever been in military service.
Dr Wilde at the time of his visit
Oscar Wilde’s father, a famous medical doctor, once visited Tipperary town and was horrified by what he found.
To find out more read 'The Famine in South Tipperary (3)'
in THJ (1998)
tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...
Old Terryglass graveyard (TN006-003008-), Co. Tipperary. 19th-century headstone marking the grave of Michael Hough (born c. 1721) who died in 1792 aged 71.
We now have 488 3D scans of Tipperary gravestones to our Sketchfab archive — generously donated by Caimin O’Brien.
A fantastic resource for heritage & family history research.
Explore them in 3D:
sketchfab.com/tippstudies/...
#Tipperary #LocalHistory #Heritage #Genealogy
Catholic churches & chapels before & after Emancipation — a lecture with Niamh NicGhabhann Coleman (UL) at Source Library, Thurles on 17 Feb at 7PM.
Free entry.
Her work on Irish Catholic architecture (1780s–1930s) is brilliant.
🗓️ 17 Feb | 7PM | Thurles
#IrishHistory #Architecture
Proof that Irish weather hasn’t changed in the last 100 years — we just upgraded the cameras.
Watch the full lecture here youtu.be/x9x2woUS0t8
Our January lecture is now live on our YouTube channel.
Dr Angela Byrne discusses Tipperary people in Imperial Russia—a story that is more complex than you probably think.
Most people don’t realize how some Irish people were intertwined with Russia’s imperial world
Tuesday 9 May 1848
One small event - that was the first day on which the railway line from Limerick to Waterford carried fare-paying passengers.
see 'The Coming of the Railway to County Tipperary' by D G Marnane in THJ (1998)
tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...
Tom O'Donoghue collecting the trophy from Waterford Crystal 10th July 1970
Tommy Brennan on Comedian 1971
Great news! The Holycross Show trophy — missing since 1991 —
has finally made its way back home.
Read about the history of the show and the specially comissioned Waterford Crystal trophy here: tipperarystudies.ie/holycross-sh...
A beautiful piece of local heritage returned to the community.
View of Tipperary Military Barracks from our Historical Postcard collection on https://www.tippstudiesdigital.ie
3rd Tipperary Brigade members of flying column, photograph by John Sharkey from our Sharkey collection at www.tippstudiesdigital.ie
During the Truce after the War of Independence both sides were meant to behave themselves, but in Tipperary Town the IRA could,nt resist raiding the Hutments at Scalaheen for arms.
See Sean Sharkey’s account in THJ (1998)
tipperarystudies.ie/tipperary-hi...
Thanks to everyone who joined us on a wet January night for Dr. Angela Byrne’s excellent talk on Tipperary people in Russia in the 18th & 19th centuries.
The lecture will be online in the coming weeks for anyone who couldn’t make it—well worth a watch.
