The Limerick International Brigades Memorial Trust is made up of a number of people of different backgrounds and interests. We are a cross-section of people drawn from the business, trades, academic and political worlds. The Memorial Trust was established for the express purpose of remembering and honouring the memory of the five Limerick men who…
Category: Guest Posts
Limerick to Australia Orphans, Debra Vaughan
Debra Vaughan is on the hunt for the birth families of Limerick orphans sent to Australia in the height of the Great Famine. At the seaport of Williamstown, there is a memorial honouring the Great Famine & the Melbourne contingent of over 4000 Famine Orphans who came to Australia between 1848 – 1850. Meeting since…
1969 Only Yesterday, Sean Shinners
Sean Shinners originally from Kileely, living in Grand Rapids Michigan USA for the past 20 years, regales us with tales of his youth working in Limerick City and some of the characters he knew and the shops he would pass in 1969 while working in Saxone’s Shoe Shop on O’Connell Street/William Street. 1969 Only…
The Forgotten Graveyard, Stephen Clancy
Stephen Clancy a Junior Cert student in Gaelcholaiste Luimnigh tells of the graveyard which lay hidden for years under what would become his secondary school on Sir Harry’s Mall. The Forgotten Graveyard Sir Harry’s Mall Stephen Clancy Hello my name is Stephen Clancy and I have been asked to write about the bodies found in…
Rashers and Sausages Music, George Lee
George Lee recalls an age of innocence, traditional Irish Music and Ciaran MacMathuna. Ciaran MacMathuna, who was born in Mulgrave Street on 26 November 1925, presented a radio show, Mo Cheol Thú on Radio Eireann for 35 years. Each 45-minute programme offered a miscellany of archive music, poetry and folklore. The last episode was broadcast on…
Dr. Matthew Potter – First Citizens of the Treaty City
First Citizens of the Treaty City – The Mayors and Mayoralty of Limerick 1197-2007, Matthew Potter. Which Mayor welcomed the first serving US President to Limerick city in a speech which captivated both him and the vast crowd that had turned out to greet him? Or can you name the Mayor who represented Limerick in…
Paddy Cronin, Author
Paddy Cronin, Author Paddy Cronin is set to release his memoirs “Home wasn’t built in a day” in Askeaton by Dr. Pat Wallace, Director of the National Museum of Ireland on Saturday November 10th at 8pm at Cois Sionna Credit Union Askeaton. He intend to have it on sale Nationwide. His previous publications include: The…
Munster Rugby, Ray Wallace
Rugby : Munster Team and its homecoming: Courtesy of Ray Wallace To write anything about this Munster Team and its homecoming is almost an impossible feat to do it justice. Sheets of rain! One very long downpour that lasted all day. Still, we stood shoulder to shoulder, soaked to the skin, by the majestic Shannon….