On All Saint’s Night 1st November 2012 in association with Miriam Lohan, Mary Hughes, Anthony Furlong, Learning Hub a talk was given to the children at the Learning hub about the history of St. Bridget’s Graveyard, before candles were decorated by the children and lit at the graveyard itself as a mark of respect to…
Category: Collaborations
Open House Limerick – Archi-Cycle
After our walking tour of the canal we were approached by Limerick Open House who asked if we would participate in the weekend of Open House architectural events planned for the city on the weekend 19-21 October 2012. The plan was to cycle from the Lock Mills, next to the canal off Clare Street, to…
Limerick Riverpaths – Canal Guided Walk
On the 23rd September 2012 we were asked to give a talk as part of the “Harvest Time Guided Walk” in association with Limerick Riverpaths these are the bullet points of the talk. The Canal while still fully in use. The idea for a canal connecting Limerick and Killaloe was first suggested in 1697, in…
4th of July Tweasure Hunt
A few months ago while attending the initial meeting for the proposed 4th of July celebrations at the Limerick Local Heroes hub, it was suggested that we do a Tweasure Hunt, following on the success of the first Tweasure Hunt back in April. The 4th of July Tweasure Hunt event, which took place Sunday, 8…
Tweasure Hunt
On 1st of April Tara Robinson, Gabriela Avram and Sharon Slater collaborated to put on a Tweasure Hunt. It was called Tweasure Hunt as it was a historic treasure hunt that utilised the use of Twitter. This event was in association with the Limerick Life Long Learning Festival. There were 15 to 20 participants who…
Connected Limerick
On the 1st of November 2011 I was invited to participate at a Connected Limerick event in the Hunt Museum. I felt honoured to be a part of something that involved such a vital part of my contribution to this great city and its history. I immediately accepted and began to prepare my 5-minute presentation….
Limerick Genealogy Archives
I had been contributing to the IGP (Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives) for many years. The IGP is a fully volunteer coordinated online database that catalogs and stores data submitted by the public in relation to Irish genealogy. This was mainly due to the fact that my research would often uncover others who had the same…