Sources of Information for Heritage and Local studies
Primary Sources
- SMR/RM Maps – available for reference at the County Museum
- Minute Books - available for reference at the County Museum Plans
- Correspondence
- Census Records
- Valuation Books
- Photographs - available for reference at the County Museum
- Topographical Surveys
- Newspaper Articles of the day Excavation Reports -
www.excavations.ie
- Television/Radio footage.
Secondary Sources
- Local History Publications – Available in the local library
- General Archaeology/History Reference Publications – e.g. Archaeology Ireland, History Ireland, County Inventories– may be available in library, can be consulted at the Museum
- Specialist Journals – e.g. South Tipperary Historical Journal, Decies, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries, some may be available at the Library, can be consulted at the Museum
- Newspaper Articles – The Nationalist is available on micro film in the papers office in Clonmel or in the County Library in Thurles.
- Websites – e.g. www.nli.ie (National Library)
Other Sources
- Oral History/Personal Interviews with people who recall events
Tipperary Studies Centre
Tipperary Studies located in The Source, Cathedral Street, Thurles is a reference library and research centre dedicated to the collection of material on all aspects of County Tipperary. This collection includes published books, journals, newspapers, photographs, audiovisual material microform, manuscripts and ephemera. All aspects of the entire county are covered from archaeology, history, topography and social studies. Old local newspapers paint a vivid picture of the history of the county through sports, economic social and personal issues. Photographs and postcards provide snapshots of towns and villages of other days. Genealogy and Family history sources include the 1901 and 1911 Census returns, which also provide an insight into the education, religion and occupations of the people of the period. Changes in the landscape may be studies through Ordnance Survey Maps. All are welcome!
Tipperary Studies is open six days a week; there is no membership fee, merely a small charge for any photocopies supplied.
For further details:
www.tipperarylibraries.ie/localstudies
Finding Tipperary a guide to the resources of the Tipperary Studies Department.
"Finding Tipperary" gives access to extensive and expanding holdings of Tipperary Studies: books and articles current and past; family documents; local government records; virtually every newspaper ever published in the county; a wide range of maps and a growing collection of photographs. It is the essential reference book for anyone with an interest in the county and as a limited number have been published, it is bound to become a sought after collector's item. Further details, including availability, on our website:
www.tipperarylibraries.ie/local_studies/findingtipperary.shtml
Useful web sites:
What's On in Tipp
Sources for Co. Tipperary
Invasive Species Websites
IRELAND
National Invasive Species Database http://invasives.biodiversityireland.ie
Invasive Species Ireland www.invasivespeciesireland.com
BioChange – alien plants in Ireland www.biochange.ie/alienplants/
CAISIE – Control of Aquatic Invasive Species in Ireland http://caisie.ie
Aquatic Invasions – online journal (global) http://www.aquaticinvasions.ru
BRITAIN
GB Non-native Species Secretariat www.nonnativespecies.org
EUROPEAN IAS NETWORKS
NOBANIS – European Network on Invasive Alien Species www.nobanis.org
DAISIE – Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe www.europe-aliens.org
INTERNATIONAL IAS NETWORKS
GISID – Global Invasive Species Database www.issg.org/database/welcome
GISIN – Global Invasive Species Information Network www.gisinetwork.org
ISSG – Invasive Species Specialist Group www.issg.org
LEGISLAITON
Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000 -www.irishstatutebook.ie/2000/en/act/pub/0038/index.html
The Wildlife (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 -
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/nisi/1995/cnisi_19950761_en_1
Convention on Biological Diversity – www.cbd.int
IUCN/UNEP tematea – www.tematea.org/?q=node/224
