Civic Offices, Nenagh

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The Civic Offices is a municipal facility on Limerick Road in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland. The building is of social and economic importance as the headquarters of Tipperary County Council. [1] It is also of some architectural importance having received a design award from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland in 2006. [2]

History

Originally North Tipperary County Council held its meetings in Nenagh Courthouse. [3] The county council moved a new facility, which was designed by ABK Architects, in 2005. [4] [5] The building won a design award from the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland in 2006. [2] The building became the headquarters of Tipperary County Council after that body came into operation on 3 June 2014 following the 2014 local elections. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Tipperary County Council offices set to reopen to the public next week". Tipperary Live. 3 August 2021. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  2. 1 2 "North Tipperary County Council Civic Offices". Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  3. "Local Authorities". Oireachtas. 26 May 1982. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  4. "Confident new council offices for North Tipp". Irish Times. 21 July 2005. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  5. "Tipperary County Council Civic Offices". ABK Architects. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  6. "Local authorities". Citizen Information Board. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  7. "Nenagh Town Council Holds Final Meeting in Advance of new Tipperary County Council". Tipperary Times. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2021.

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