A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
South Liberties set dancers, May 1976
Villiers Old Folks Home charity walk, The Courthouse, May 1976
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
St. Mary's Gymnastics Club, social at Savoy, May 1976
Final of the Colleen Bawn competition at Croom/Adare, May 1976
Crescent Crescent sports day, May 1976
Outing (Harp) to brewery in Dundalk, May 1976
John Lee and Pat Joyce, Irish champion boxers, of St. John's Boxing Club, with their fathers, May 1976
Copy of letter (White House Bar), B.P. Moroney, May 1976
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Presentation of prizes at Shannon Arms Hotel, County Civil Defence rescue competition, May 1976
A sea of racegoers at the Limerick Junction Races.
Hillary and Linda Carroll at the Limerick Junction Races.
Mary Griffith from Waterford and Valerie Kelly from Limerick at the Limerick Junction Races.
Carmel Murphy and Mary Blake from Tipperary at the Limerick Junction Races.
Racegoers at Limerick Junction Races.
Racegoers at Limerick Junction Races.
Helen Toomey Strandville Gardens O'Callaghan Strand Limerick.
Carmel Murphy and Mary Blake from Tipperary at the Limerick Junction Races.
Hillary and Linda Carroll at the Limerick Junction Races.
Prospect recreational area
Prospect recreational area
Prospect recreational area
Trudy's Boutique - photo shoot at People's Park for advertising feature in 1971.
Rory O'Loughlin, Irish dancer, in 1971 (photographed for Seamus Kennedy).
Limerick Lawn Tennis Club squash winners, 1976
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Young Scientist of the Year winners from Laurel Hill, Helen Crowley and Susan Fennelly, 1976
Anna Manahan, Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
St Mary's Parish Social at Savoy in 1971.
The style of a prospective champion. Don O Connell who leavs for the United States on a tennis scholarship on Monday next, seen in practice atthe Limerick Lawn Tennis Club.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
The repatriation of the body of Frank Stagg at Shannon Airport from Wakefield Prison in Britain where he died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Clancy's window display .
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Annual meeting of the Builders Federation at the Parkway Motel 1971.
Croom G.A.A. Club A.G.M., 1971
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Litter strewn on Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Munster versus Ulster at Thomond Park, Limerick, in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Summer camp at St. Enda's, 1976
Official opening of Fulflex Factory by Des O'Malley T.D., Minister for Justice, in 1970.
Sean South memorial services at graveyard in 1971
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
Press Reception at the Royal George Hotel for Mikado in 1971.
Eamon Madden of St. Brendan's G.A.A., photographed in 1970.
Old handcuffs for S�amus � Cinn�ide, 1976
O'Connell St., Limerick City, photographed using 200m lens in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
3rd Field Corp of Engineering dinner at Sarsfield Barracks, 1976
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Adare parents' meeting, C.B.S., in 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Pat Hanrahan, Old Christian's GAA Club Star, 1970
Audrey's Boutique fashion show at Greenhills in 1970
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Cormac O'Connor's House Castletroy for Louis de Courcy 1971
Ger Younger, Soccer Star, 1970.
CBS hurlers, winners of the Brother Rice Memorial Cup, under 14, photographed at CBS School, Sexton Street, with rear of Colbert Station visible in the background, taken on 5-25-1970.
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
The repatriation of the body of Frank Stagg at Shannon Airport from Wakefield Prison in Britain where he died on hunger strike on 12 February 1976.
Joan McGarry, Salesian Convent, 1976
Shannon Inter-firm GAA Final, S.P.S. v Shannon Wire Weavers at Newmarket on Fergus in 1970.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Employees of the Limerick Shoe Factory protesting at the closure of the premises in 1971 march through O'Connell Street. The factory was located at Edward Street, just next to the old Garda barracks.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Science experiement under way at Villiers School with Mr Ruddock, Headmaster, standing in the background in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Winners of Under 5/6 Speech Drama from the Salesian Convent in 1971.
Royal Life Swimming Gala at St Enda's Pool, 1976
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Hockey, Munster versus Ulster at the Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, in 1971.
