The discussions around Limerick Lace often focuses on the founders of each of the factories, or the skilled stitching itself. On 23 March 2024, I spoke at the Limerick Lace Symposum on the lives of those who created lace, as recorded in the 1901 census and 1911 census. Those who treaded the needed at the…
Flavin & Company were based at 133 George Street from 1880 until at least 1892 when review was made of their business in Straten
Patrick Walsh left Limerick for the United States when he was about twelve years old. He had little to no official education, but rose through the ranks of society to become a senator in the US Government. Patrick was said to have been born on New Year’s Day 1840 in Ballingarry, County Limerick to Michael…
William Nelson, a native of County Down, born c.1830, the son of Robert Nelson, a merchant. He arrived in Limerick around 1850, to work in the Limerick Warehouse Drapery Company. He branched out on his own, working as a merchant before opening a store at 61 William Street in 1878. The following long-winded extract comes…
BR Sean Conneely RIP, Richard Moloney, Rob Sheehan, John Ahern, David Dineen, Geoff Moylan, Tom O’Connor, Philip Danaher, Fr. Frank Duhig.Seated Paul Kilbridge, Liam Looney, Pat Lloyd, Paul Culhane, Pat Murray, Paul Craughan, Tom Leahy.FR Willie Quinlan, Declan Hannan.
1862 was two years before civil registrations became compulsory for all in Ireland on 1 January 1864 (there were civil marriage records from 1 April 1845 for non-Catholic Christian and Jewish marriages, but these did not include Roman Catholics marriages). All marriages at this time were recorded in the parish church in which the marriage…
This video owned by Liam O’Sullivan shows the consecration of Bishop Henry Murphy of Limerick in St John’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Limerick. The consecration took place on August 31, 1958. The video uploaded by JDTVideo also shows images of the area outside the Cathedral and a procession of clergy. Life of Bishop Henry Murphy Bishop…
Joseph Sace was a hairdresser in Limerick city centre. The year 1892 was a very eventful one for him.
Princess Penelope was born Penelope Smyth, she gained her royal title through her marriage to Carlo Ferdinado di Borbonne, Prince of Capua. Their story reads like a fairy tale. Penelope was born in Waterford on July 19, 1805, while her beau was six years her junior. The pair met in the mid-1830s, but the circumstances…
For over a century, the births, deaths and marriages of the descendants of John Ferrar, the founder of the Limerick Chronicle, were recorded in its pages. Henry Strafford Ferrar was born in Belfast on July 10, 1850 the son of Mary Minchin and Michael Lloyd Ferrar, grandson of John Ferrar. Henry Stafford was educated at…
Tracing your Irish family history can be a daunting task. The following video contains tips and trick on how to make the most of the Irish Civil Registration Records. The Irish Civil Registration records began in 1864 and cover Birth, Marriage and Death records. With the exception of non-Roman Catholic Marriages are recorded from 1845,…
Tracing your Irish family history can be a daunting task. The following video contains tips and trick on how to make the most of the 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland. Although the regular census for Ireland began in 1821, a series of events which involved both voluntary and accidental destruction mean that only fragments…
Samuel Crumpe was born in Rathkeale on 15 September 1766. He was the eldest of seven children of Kerry born Daniel Crumpe and Grace Orpen. Not only was Grace Orpen the wife of Daniel Crumpe, she was also his second cousin. Samuel was named after his paternal grandfather and his maternal grandfather Richard Orpen of Ardtully,…
On the 1911 census, the O’Connor family were living in Nolan’s Cottages. They were recorded as James Victor O’Connor, 34, a scenic artist. His wife Anna Julia, 35, was an actress. The O’Connors were married about 1897. They had five children although sadly by 1911 only two had survived. Their daughter Mary, 13, was a…
The first aircraft to land in Shannon was not an aeroplane nor was it in the twentieth century. On April 27, 1786, Richard Crosbie ascended in a balloon from Clancy Strand and travelled to the area that is now Shannon Airport. Crosbie was born in Wicklow and studied at Trinity College, Dublin. At six feet…