A Letter from a Limerick Emigrant in Wisconsin 1851
Many Limerick residents relocated to Wisconsin in the years following the famine. The following is...
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Category: History
Eamon De Valera unveiling The Daly plaque 1966
This never been seen before video clip of Eamon De Valera unveiling a plaque in honour of John and...
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1883 – A Tour Guide’s Description of Limerick
The following description of Limerick was first published in 1883 in the long titled: “The...
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A letter to the Ulster Times from Limerick in 1836
The following extract was published first in the Ulster Times in 1836 and a year later in a bound...
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Princess Penelope of Capua and her Limerick link
The romance of Penelope Smyth and Carlo Ferdinado di Borbonne, Prince of Capua sounds like a fairy...
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1809 visit of the Lord Lieutenant and other tales of 19th century Limerick
The role of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland established in 1690 and was abolished in 1922. He was...
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Henry Strafford Ferrar, the great grandson of John Ferrar
For over a century, the births, deaths and marriages of the descendants of John Ferrar, the...
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The Story of the Widows Alms Houses off Nicholas Street
Despite the common belief that the Widows Alms Houses off Nicholas Street were erected in 1691,...
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Limerick against the Fake News of 1887
The following article was posted in the Nation on 19 March 1887. It tells of the news agents of...
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The Limerick Soviet – Two weeks of self rule
Six major factors caused the Limerick Soviet to happen when it did. These were The Rise of...
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Limerick city petty sessions and County Assizes reports for March 1844
The following report of the Limerick city petty sessions and Limerick County Assizes was printed...
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Weekly Observer adverts from Newcastle West in 1921
The following adverts were published in the Newcastle West newspaper the Weekly Observer in the...
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