by Seán William Gannon. Limerick’s Jewish community was established in the early 1880s when Lithuanian and Polish immigrants began arriving in the city to join...Read More

Those who have been using FindMyPast.ie at the Local Studies Department, Watch House Cross Community Library will be delighted to hear that we are now providing free access onsite to Find My Past’s ‘World’ subscription. In addition to the wide range of specifically Irish historical and genealogical records previously available, researchers can now also access...Read More

We were delighted to add a new entry to our Articles section today. The article is called Timothy O’Connor – the Limerick photographer of the Vandeleur Estate Evictions, and when the author, Ed O’Shaughnessy, submitted it we immediately were thinking, ‘that name – Timothy O’Connor – sounds familiar…’ We finally figured it out – this...Read More

by Ed O'Shaughnessy. Timothy O’Connor, 1839-1894, was a stationer, printer and photographer with commercial addresses at the corner of George...Read More

The first published collection of this type relating to Limerick and North Munster, North Munster Studies, edited by Etienne Rynne, is now regarded as a seminal volume on the history and archaeology of the region. Featuring the writing of many renowned historians of the time, this remains a key publication in Limerick studies almost 60...Read More

Some of the most popular Limerick-related books published over the past ten years are those by Joe Coleman. From his cinema and railway histories to his wide-ranging Limerick history miscellanies, Joe’s books have proved immensely popular, with most selling out very quickly – only his latest publication, Down By the Bare Place remains in print...Read More

Sign up to the new Limerick Local Studies email contact list*. We will send you notice of history lectures and other library events. We will occasionally notify you regarding other local studies-related news (e.g. a new feature on limericklocalstudies.ie) and alert you to history-related events happening in Limerick City and County. Send your name and...Read More

by Brendan Doyle. The Old Burial Ground of Áth na gCorp in Clounlehard, Ballyhahill (Monument: LI027-001),(Location co-ordinates: 52.523833 -9.203189), (Eircode: V94 HFY6)...Read More

Prior to his death earlier this year, Thomas Toomey was one of Limerick’s foremost, most highly-regarded and most liked historians.Read More

Free print copies of our Decade publication for 2024, Limerick After the Civil War, are now available. To get your copy: localstudies@limerick.ie 061-557727 You can also download the book here Produced with funding from the Commemorations Unit of Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media Funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts,...Read More