Dr Samuel Crumpe – A Man of Many Talents
Samuel Crumpe was born in Rathkeale on 15 September 1766. He was the eldest of seven children of...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Feb 8, 2019 | Who was?, People & Genealogy | 0
Samuel Crumpe was born in Rathkeale on 15 September 1766. He was the eldest of seven children of...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Jul 20, 2017 | Who was? | 0
St. Munchin is the peculiar patron saint for Limerick city as he is renowned for cursing the...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Apr 15, 2017 | People & Genealogy, Who was? | 0
Catalina Sarsfield (c.1694-) was the eldest daughter of David Sarsfield (c.1661-1710) and the...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Sep 30, 2016 | History, Who was? | 0
Noted Limerick historian John Ferrar wrote in his History of Limerick 1787 that Peter Woulfe was...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Jul 17, 2016 | Who was?, People & Genealogy | 0
Joseph Patrick Carroll Naish, who was better known as J Carrol Naish, was born in New York in...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Dec 11, 2015 | People & Genealogy, Press & Published, Who was? | 0
In January 1796, Jane Austen wrote a letter to her sister Cassandra: “At length the day is come on...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Jul 14, 2015 | Press & Published, Who was? | 0
Limerick was the birth place to world renowned author, Kathleen Mary Louise O’Brien, or as...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Aug 24, 2014 | People & Genealogy, Who was? | 0
It is repeatedly noted in secondary sources that Matthew Thornton was born in Limerick in 1714 to...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Aug 12, 2014 | People & Genealogy, Who was? | 0
A Limerick woman Margaretta Eagar was the governess to the daughters of the last Tsar of Russia...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Jul 4, 2014 | People & Genealogy, Who was? | 1
Mrs. Anne Banks, was born about 1718, she was married to Louth man Samuel Banks. The Banks family...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Jun 2, 2014 | People & Genealogy, Who was? | 0
The Blind Piper, Patrick O’Brien was born in Labasheeda, Co. Clare in the 1773 to a...
Read Moreby Sharon Slater | Dec 19, 2013 | People & Genealogy, Who was? | 0
Mary O’Connell was born Mary Ellen O’Connell the daughter of William O’Connell...
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