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Limerick City and County History Groups
by Sharon Slater | Aug 18, 2017
The following is a list of Limerick city and county history groups, businesses, blogs etc., if you...
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15 Never Seen Before Photographs of Limerick from the 1900s
by Sharon Slater | Jun 9, 2013
Glasgow born John Riddell worked as a Brewer and Distiller in the Thomondgate Distilleries. His...
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Quarries, Limerick’s Hidden Killers
by Sharon Slater | Jun 10, 2012
Following on from the previous blog on the Hanrahan Field Tragedies, where we mentioned one of the...
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A Tale of Destructive Fairies of Ballynanty Beg in 1951.
by Sharon Slater | May 13, 2017
On 31 October 1951, there were reports in the English newspapers the Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph...
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Limerick Cinemas, from the Flea-Pit to the Theatre
by Sharon Slater | Jun 20, 2010
The first Cinematography moving pictures were shown in Limerick city in May 1897 in the Theatre...
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Generations of Shannon Fisheries – Abbey Fishermen
by Sharon Slater | Jul 1, 2012
The Abbey Fishermen were so called as almost all of the fisher families lived in the St. Francis...
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Pump Lane Graveyard – Society of Friends – Part 1
by Sharon Slater | Mar 7, 2013
Pump Lane Graveyard – Society of Friends (Quakers) 1812 – 1822 The 1823-1833 burials...
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The Jewish Cemetery, Castletroy
by Sharon Slater | Oct 16, 2016
In 1902, the Lithuanian Jewish community purchased the land for this little cemetery. Over the...
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10 Then and Now Photos of Limerick
by Sharon Slater | Aug 1, 2013
The following series of Then and Now images of Limerick city were taken in August 2013 to...
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