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Rediscovering Limerick Episode 2
This series of videos Rediscovering Limerick details aspects of Limerick’s History is written and presented by Sharon Slater of Limerick’s Life and filmed and edited by Sean Wrenn of I Love Limerick in an attempt to inform, educate and amuse. Rediscovering Limerick takes you onto the streets to walk into the steps of our past. [...]
Rare photographs of Todds Fire
The William Todd & Company Limited department store occupied about four-fifths of a large city block fronting onto O’Connell Street, between William Street and Thomas Street in Limerick city, where Brown Thomas stands today. On Tuesday, 25 August 1959, at 11am, a fire was noticed and reported in the building. By 12:30 the entire block [...]
Benchmarks in Limerick 16-21
What are Benchmarks? Benchmarks are mapping tools which were used throughout the 19th century all over the world. Benchmarks today look like crows feet carved into stone with three prongs extending from a horizontal line. They were originally created as a guide to hold the levelling instrument used by ordnance surveyors. They were placed on [...]
10 Recently Uncovered Faces of Limerick’s Past
Glasgow born John Riddell worked as a Brewer and Distiller in the Thomondgate Distilleries. His wife Elizabeth, who he married about 1876, was also Scottish. The eldest of his four children Elizabeth “Bessie” Riddell was born in Scotland while their remaining children, John, Janet “Jeanie/Jenny” and Alexandria “Lexy”, were born in Limerick. The family were [...]
15 Never Seen Before Photographs of Limerick
Glasgow born John Riddell worked as a Brewer and Distiller in the Thomondgate Distilleries. His wife Elizabeth, who he married about 1876, was also Scottish. The eldest of his four children Elizabeth “Bessie” Riddell was born in Scotland while their remaining children, John, Janet “Jeanie/Jenny” and Alexandria “Lexy”, were born in Limerick. The family were [...]
Rediscovering Limerick Episode 1
This series of videos Rediscovering Limerick details aspects of Limerick’s History is written and presented by Sharon Slater of Limerick’s Life and filmed and edited by Sean Wrenn of I Love Limerick in an attempt to inform, educate and amuse. Rediscovering Limerick takes you onto the streets to walk into the steps of our past. [...]
Limerick Castle, 10 views through the centuries
In 1197 Limerick received a charter from King John which granting the citizens of the city the same rights as the citizens of Dublin city. They were allowed to elect a mayor and bailiffs who would govern and administer the city. During the first decade of the thirteenth century, Limerick Castle ,one of city’s most [...]
Samuel Reynolds Hole, Journey to Limerick, 1859
Samuel Reynolds Hole was an Anglican priest, author and horticulturalist in the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th. Hole was born in Newark and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He had a passion for roses a lasting friendship with the gardener Gertrude Jekyll, as well as with writers with Charles Dickens [...]
Benchmarks in Limerick City 1 – 15
What are Benchmarks? Benchmarks are mapping tools which were used throughout the 19th century all over the world. Benchmarks today look like crows feet carved into stone with three prongs extending from a horizontal line. They were originally created as a guide to hold the levelling instrument used by ordnance surveyors. They were placed on [...]
