Who’s Who of Limerick

AH – Analecta Hibernica journal

B(1782-1881) – 1782-1881 Beathaisneis le Máire Ni Mhurchú agus Diarmuid Breathnach
    Baile Átha Cliath, An Clochomhar Tta, 1999 0903758830

B(1882-1982) – Beathaisneis a Tri le Diarmuid Breathnach agus Máire Ni Mhurchú
    Baile Átha Cliath, An Clochomhar Tta, 1992

BDAI – A Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Ireland 1600-1720 by Rolf Loeber
    London, John Murray, 1981 0719538327

BDIF – Biographical Dictionary of Irishmen in France by Richard Hayes
    Dublin, M. H. Gill & Sons, 1949

BDIQ  – A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Quakers by Richard S. Harrison
    Dublin, Four Courts, 1999 1851823042

BDIW – A Biographical Dictionary of Irish Writers by Anne M. Brady & Brian Cleeve
    Mullingar, The Lilliput Press, 1985 0946640033/0946640114

BDL2 –  Biographical Dictionary of Limerick, part II
    in-house Limerick City Library publication of 1 copy only, c.1975 (part I missing)

BOI – Bishops of Ireland 1870-1987 by Reverend Bernard J. Canning
    Donegal, Donegal Democrat, 1987 1870963008

CBD – Chambers Biographical Dictionary, ed. Melanie Parry
    Edinburgh, Chambers, 1998 0550160604

CDIB – A Concise Dictionary of Irish Biography by John S. Crone
    Dublin, The Talbot Press, 1928

CIB – A Compendium of Irish Biography by Alfred Webb
    New York, Lemma, 1970 (republication of 1st ed., 1878) 0876960077

CIL – The Cabinet of Irish Literature (4 vols.) by Charles A. Read
    London, Blackie & Son, 1884

COCIL – The Concise Oxford Companion to Irish Literature ed. By Robert Welch
    Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000 0192800809

CODB – The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet by Horst Koegler
    London, Oxford University Press, 1977 0193113147

DCB – Dictionary of Christian Biography ed. By Michael Walsh
    London, Continuum, 2001 0826452639

DI – Diaries of Ireland : an anthology 1590-1987 ed. by Melosina Lenox-Conyngham
    Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1998 1874675880/1874675783

DIA – Dictionary of Irish Artists : 20th Century by Theo Snoddy
    Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1996 0863275621

DIAS – A Dictionary of Irish Artists by Walter G. Strickland (2 vols.)
    Dublin & London, Maunsel & Company, 1913

DIB – A Dictionary of Irish Biography ed. by Henry Boylan
    Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1998 0717125076

DIBR – Dictionary of Irish Biography: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2002, 9 vols., edited by James McGuire and James Quinn
    Royal Irish Academy/Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521633314

DIH – A Dictionary of Irish History Since 1800 by D. J. Hickey & J. E. Doherty
    Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1980 0717108953

DIL – Dictionary of Irish Literature : revised and expanded edition, 2 vols., Robert Hogan, Editor-in-Chief
    London, Aldwych Press, 1996 0861721020/0861721039/0861721047

DIP – Dictionary of Irish Philosophers, A-Z, general editor Thomas Duddy
    Bristol, Thoemmes Continuum, 2004 184371082x

DMMM – A Dictionary of Modern Music and Musicians, general ed. A. Eaglefield-Hull
    London, J. M. Dent, 1924

DMWW – Dictionary of Munster Women Writers, 1800-2000, ed. by Tina O’Toole
    Cork, Cork University Press, 2005 1859183883

DNB – The Dictionary of National Biography, ed. by Sir Leslie Stephen and Sir Sidney Lee
    London, Oxford University Press, 1937-1938

DNB(1951-1960) – The Dictionary of National Biography 1951-1960 ed. by E. T. Williams and Helen M. Palmer
    London, Oxford University Press, 1972 0198652062

EI – The Encyclopaedia of Ireland, Brian Lalor, general editor
    Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 2003 0717130002

FDISG – Fyffes Dictionary of Irish Sporting Greats by John Gleeson
    Dublin, Etta Place Publishers, 1993 095218270x

GC – A Georgian Celebration : Irish Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Patrick Fagan
    Dublin, Branar, 1989 0950818569

GH – The Greatest Hurlers of Our Time by Raymond Smith
    Dublin, Sporting Books, 1990

GL – The Glamour of Limerick by A. J. O’Halloran
    Dublin and Cork, The Talbot Press, 1928

HEI – The Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Ireland, Ciaran Brady, general ed.
    Oxford, Helicon, 2000 1859863205

HIT – A History of Irish Theatre, 1601-2000 by Christopher Morash
    Cambridge University Press, 2002 0521641179

HWL – One Hundred Women of Limerick by Sharon Slater
    Limerick, Ormston House, 2022 1999951387

IBI – Irish Botanical Illustrators & Flower Painters by Patricia Butler
    Woodbridge, Suffolk, Antique Collectors’ Club, 2000 1851493573

ICE – Ireland : A Cultural Encyclopaedia, general ed. Brian de Breffny
    London, Thames & Hudson, 1983 0500013047

IF – Ireland in Fiction : a guide to Irish novels, tales, romances, and folklore by Stephen J. Brown
    Dublin and London, Maunsel and Company, 1919

IF2 – Ireland in Fiction : a guide to Irish novels, tales, romances, and folklore, volume 2 by Stephen J. Brown and Desmond Clarke
    Cork, Royal Carbery Books, 1985 0946645027

II – Illustrious Irishwomen : Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Noted Irishwomen…, by E. Owens Blackburne
    London, Tinsley Brothers, 1877

IM – Irish Monthly journal

IMF – Irish Masters of Fantasy, edited by Peter Tremayne
    Dublin, Wolfhound Press, 1979 0905473132

IOH – Ireland’s Olympic Heroes : Athens 1896 to Tokyo 1964 by David Guiney
    Dublin, Philip Roderick, n.d.

IR – Irish Rock: Roots, Personalities, Directions by Mark J. Prendergast
    Dublin, The O’Brien Press, 1987 9780862781491

IWVC – Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross by Richard Doherty & David Truesdale
    Dublin, Four Courts, 2000 1851824421

KIP – King’s Inns Portraits by Wanda Ryan-Smolin
    Dublin, Council of King’s Inns, 1992 0951244310

KOH – Kingdom of Heaven : selected juxtapositions, old and new, drawn from the permanent collection of Limerick City Gallery of Art
    Kinsale, Gandon Editions, 1999 0946846413

LHR – Limerick : Historical Reflections by Kevin Hannan
    Limerick, Oireacht, 1996 0952760304

LL – Limerick Lives ed. by Mary Fennelly
    Limerick, euroPRomotions, 1996 0952905809

LOHSC – Limerick : 100 Stories of the Century by Denis O’Shaughnessy
    No publication data available

LRL – Limerick : The Rich Land by Seán Spellissy and John O’Brien
    Ennis, Spellissy-O’Brien Publishers, 1989 0951247417

LWL – Last Word by the Listener : Seamus Ó Cinnéide’s Journalism and Local History selected and edited by Eoin Devereux
    Limerick, University of Limerick Press, 1999 1874653496

MIL – Modern Irish Lives : Dictionary of 20th Century Biography, gen. ed. Louis McRedmond
    Dublin, Gill & Macmillan, 1998 0717127869/0717121984

MIP – Modern Irish Poets by W. J. Paul
    Belfast Steam-Printing Company, 1894

MIW – Modern Irish Writers : a Bio-Critical Sourcebook ed. by Alexander G. Gonzalez
    London, Aldwych Press, 1997 0861721055

MPP – More People and Places in Irish Science and Technology ed. by Charles Mollan, William Davis and Brendan Finucane
    Dublin, Royal Irish Academy, 1990 0901714828/0901714836

NGDMM – The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians ed. by Stanley Sadie
    London, Macmillan, 1980 0333231112

NMAJ – Journal of the North Munster Archaeological Society / North Munster Antiquarian Journal

NSPCI – The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland, vol. 1 by Sarah Finlay
    Limerick, University of Limerick Press, 1989 0950342769/0950342777

OIL – 100 Irish Lives by Martin Wallace
    London, David & Charles, 1983 0389203645

OLJ – The Old Limerick Journal

OM – Our Martyrs : A Record of Those Who Suffered For the Catholic Faith Under the Penal Laws in Ireland by Rev. Denis Murphy
    Dublin, Fallon & Co., 1896

PI – The Poets of Ireland : a biographical dictionary with bibliographical particulars by David J. O’Donoghue
    London, David J. O’Donoghue, 1893

PPM – The Poets and Poetry of Munster by James Clarence Mangan
    Dublin, James Duffy & Co., 1925

RL – Remembering Limerick : historical essays celebrating the 800th anniversary of Limerick’s first charter…, ed. by David Lee
    Limerick, Limerick Civic Trust, 1997 0953122409

SFH – Some Fair Hibernians by Frances A. Gerard
    London, Ward & Downey, 1897

SIN – Some Irish Naturalists : a biographical notebook by R. Lloyd Praeger
    Dundalk, W. Tempest, Dundalgan Press, 1949

SM – The 17 Irish Martyrs
    Dublin, Veritas Publications, 1992 [24-page booklet]

TLP – The Last Post : details & stories of Irish Republican dead 1916-1985
    Dublin, National Graves Association, 1985

UEGFH – The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Gaelic Football & Hurling by Martin Breheny & Donal Keenan
    London, Carlton, 2001 1842223364

VI – The Voice of Ireland : a survey of the race and nation from all angles ed. by William G. Fitzgerald
    Dublin and London, Virtue and Company, 1925

WDIDO – ‘What Did I Die of?’ : the deaths of Parnell, Wilde, Synge, and other literary pathologies by J. B. Lyons
    Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 1991 0946640793

WI – Women of Ireland : A Biographic Dictionary by Kit & Cyril Ó Ceirin
    Kinvara, Co. Galway, Tir Eolas, 1996 1873821069

WP – Women in Parliament, Ireland : 1918-2000 by Maedbh McNamara and Paschal Mooney
    Dublin, Wolfhound, 2000 0863277594

WT – Worthies of Thomond, collected and edited by Robert Herbert
    Limerick, Herbert, 1944

WT2 – Worthies of Thomond, 2nd Series, collected and edited by Robert Herbert
    Limerick, Herbert, 1944

WT3 – Worthies of Thomond, 3rd Series, collected and edited by Robert Herbert
    Limerick, Herbert, 1946

WWI – Who’s Who in Ireland : the influential 1,000 ed. by Maureen Cairnduff
    Dublin, Hibernian Publishing, 1991 095187280x

WWIP – Who’s Who in Irish Politics : the top 500 by Jim Farrelly
    Dublin, Blackwater Press, 1990 0861211898

WWIWI – Who’s Who in the Irish War of Independence 1916-1921 by Padraic O’Farrell
    Dublin and Cork, The Mercier Press, 1980 0853426046

WWIWICW – Who’s Who in the Irish War of Independence and Civil War 1916-1923 by Padraic O’Farrell
    Dublin, Lilliput Press, 1997 1874675856

WWW(1897-1915) – Who Was Who volume 1, 1897-1915 : a companion to Who’s Who containing the biographies of those who died during the
period 1897-1915
    London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966 071360168x

WWW(1916-1928) – Who Was Who volume 2, 1916-1928 : a companion to Who’s Who containing the biographies of those who died during the
period 1915-1928
    London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966

WWW(1929-1940) – Who Was Who volume 3, 1929-1940 : a companion to Who’s Who containing the biographies of those who died during the
period 1929-1940
    London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966

WWW(1941-1950) – Who Was Who volume 4, 1941-1950 : a companion to Who’s Who containing the biographies of those who died during the
period 1941-1950
    London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966

WWW(1951-1960) – Who Was Who volume 5, 1951-1960 : a companion to Who’s Who containing the biographies of those who died during the
period 1951-1960
    London, Adam & Charles Black, 1966