‘A highly recommended read for both academics and laymen’ which forms ‘an excellent addition to the historiography of southern Irish Protestants’ and ‘the local history of Limerick city and county’ Our Decade of Centenaries publication for 2023, Histories of Protestant Limerick 1912-1923 edited by Seán William Gannon (Limerick Libraries) & Brian Hughes (Mary Immaculate...Read More
It’s always pleasing to get a good review! Note that this review is from early in July – we have added many further significant features and resources to the site since then. Read the full review at Irish Genealogy News hereRead More
The Irish Book Lover was a literary/bibliography journal which started publishing in 1909, edited by John S. Crone. It is a significant source of information on Irish literature, printing and bibliography, and ‘illustrates with great clarity some of the key changes in modern Irish culture and society between early and mid-twentieth century Ireland’ [Colin Smythe]....Read More
Following hot on the heels of the addition of the Field Name Books of the County and City of Limerick to the website are two further important Limerick history resources – the reports of the Irish Tourist Association Survey of County Limerick (1940s) and the Presentments of the Limerick Grand Jury (1807-1900). We are also...Read More
The Field Name Books of the County and City of Limerick is a collection of more than 1,700 pages of notes taken by surveyors during the first ordnance survey of County Limerick, c. 1840. They comprise a vast quantity of data on the geography, place names, antiquities and other miscellaneous information relating to Limerick. You...Read More
We are delighted to share two books of real local importance – City and Cemetery and Amazing Lace – both authored by Dr. Matthew Potter and edited by Jacqui Hayes. You can view City and Cemetery here You can view Amazing Lace here Have a look at the full collection of digitised books here We...Read More
One of the oldest original edition books (if not the oldest) in our collection is Samuel Mullenaux’s Diary of the Siege of Lymerick, printed and published in 1690. The diary portion relating to the siege was transcribed and reproduced in full for the Siege edition of The Old Limerick Journal (vol. 28, Winter 1990) by...Read More
Last few copies available! Histories of Protestant Limerick 1912-1923, Limerick Library’s publication for Decade of Centenaries last year, has proven very popular with history enthusiasts in Limerick. There are only a few copies left now so, if you would like one, give Seán at Local Studies a call or send an email. Of course the...Read More
Published in 1885, Historical Notes on Adare by Rev. T. E. Bridgett is a very rare book. Limerick Library has only one copy in its collection, and there are only one or two further copies within the national library system. We are delighted to offer it in full now in our collection of digitised Limerick...Read More
In 1885 the Limerick Chronicle newspaper suffered the great embarrassment of regretfully informing their readers of the sad demise of one Dr. Jonathan Elmes of Thomas Street, only to find themselves having to report in the following issue that Dr. Elmes had an amazing resurrection! Dr. Elmes went on to live a further eight years...Read More
Just how rare is this book? – Ireland Illustrated by Samuel Lover, 1845 While undertaking the cataloguing of some old stock we have come upon this book. On checking the national catalogue we find that there is no other copy of it in Ireland’s public library system. There is a copy of an 1843 edition...Read More
20th century journal newly available for first time online. Limerick City and County Library is delighted to present The Leader nationalist journal on our local studies website. This newspaper is one of the core regular publications of 20th century Ireland and will be of great interest to historians and history enthusiasts. As far as we...Read More
All at the Limerick City & County Library are very saddened to hear of the recent passing of Tom Toomey. Tom was an extraordinary historian, and his name will forever be associated with his monumental and definitive History of the War of Independence in Limerick. He was also author of several further history, biography and...Read More
Digitised books not previously available. As part of the development of the new local studies website, we have added a number of books and journals previously unavailable online. Among the added books you can now read on our site are Margaret Franklin’s monumental Bibliography of Limerick, Tom Toomey’s definitive account of the history of The...Read More
Our local studies librarian, Mike, has a great interest in the Limerick music scene. His first ever experience of live music was at Limerick’s Savoy Theatre in 1978 and he was there for many further events through the following ten years to its closure. Mike wrote an article for the Old Limerick Journal (Rock and...Read More
Among the journals and magazines added to our digitised collection are three events guide publications from the 1990s through to the end of the first decade of this century. These guides included reviews and articles about the music and arts scenes in Limerick. Also in most of these publications were shopping and fashion guides. They...Read More
Limerick Newspapers of 1921 Among the many events and projects for Decade of Centenaries is the Limerick Newspapers of 1921 project. At the foot of the page you will find links to all the local newspapers of that year which we have in our collection. These newspapers make for fascinating reading, and not just for...Read More
