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 Limerick Leader, 8 January 1894. Timothy O’Connor, 1839-1894, was a stationer, printer and photographer with commercial addresses at the corner of George [O’Connell] and Thomas streets and 3 Military Road [O’Connell Avenue], Limerick city. He was man of many interests and accomplishments, and his obituary published in the Limerick Leader in January 1894, makes...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
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by Brendan Doyle Áth na gCorp The Old Burial Ground of Áth na gCorp in Clounlehard, Ballyhahill (Monument: LI027-001),(Location co-ordinates: 52.523833 -9.203189), (Eircode: V94 HFY6) is the site where four hundred men, women and children were slaughtered by Elizabethan forces on Wednesday, 12 March 1580 during a search for the then Earl of Desmond, Gerald...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
by Brian Hughes On 14 January 1928 the Central Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) held one of its special meetings at Clonliffe Road, near Croke Park in Dublin. In the chair was the ninth president of the association, William Patrick ‘Liam’ Clifford (1876−1949) from Fedamore. Elected in 1926, and the second Limerick native...Read More
