Civic Offices, Clonmel
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The Civic Offices is a municipal facility on Emmet Road in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland.
History
The site currently occupied by the Civic Offices was the location of the county gaol from the late 18th century.{{cite web|url=https://www.tipperarylive.ie/news/news/155636/In-the-Gaol-of-Cluain-Meala.html|title=In the Gaol of Cluain Meala|publisher=Tipperary Live|date=12 January 2011|accessdate=16 November 2019}} The current building, which was originally designed as a militia barracks, was completed in 1875.{{cite web|url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/22117034/south-tipperary-county-council-offices-burgagery-lands-west-tipperary-south|title=South Tipperary County Council Offices, Burgagery-lands West, Tipperary South|publisher=Buildings of Ireland|accessdate=16 November 2019}} South Tipperary County Council, which had previously held its meetings in Clonmel Courthouse,{{cite web|url=https://www.iar.ie/Archive.shtml?IE%20STCA/1/1|title=South Tipperary County Council Minutes|publisher=South Tipperary County Council|accessdate=16 November 2019}} moved into the premises in 1927. The county council initially referred to the facility as the "County Council Offices" but latterly referred to it as "County Hall".{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-05-26/121/|title=Local Authorities|date=26 May 1982|publisher=Oireachtas|accessdate=26 October 2019}} The building was subsequently extended eastwards along Emmet Road and the county library, on the opposite side of Emmet Road, was completed in 1987.{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2017/0426/870508-clonmel-library/|title=Ultra Modern Library Opens In Clonmel 1987|publisher=RTE|accessdate=16 November 2019}} Since 2014 it has been used as offices for Tipperary County Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.tipperarycoco.ie/governance-and-administration/service-design/establishment-organisation|title=Establishment of the Organisation|publisher=Tipperary County Council|access-date=28 July 2023}}
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