A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Arrival of American Governors at Railway Station and City Library, May 1976
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Winners of Under 5/6 Speech Drama from the Salesian Convent in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Mayor's Ball at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
Garryspillane team that defeated Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Photographs of fishing and shooting amenitiesin Limerick in 1971.
County final winners, Patrickswell at their victory dinner at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Begley and Bourke Furnisheire Limited, Kileely, Limerick
Little girl in first communion outfit in 1971 (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy).
Castletroy Estates photographed for Pat McGuigan in 1971.
Sr Corboy's House, 'Fort Prospect', Roxboro Road, (Rathbane), Limerick, which was for auction on Friday, June 5, 1970 at 12 noon, Wm. B. Fitt and Co., Auctioneers, picture taken on 11-5-1970.
Captain's Day at the Catholic Institute in 1971.
Presentation at County Library 1970
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
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
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Youth leadership course organizers at Social Services Centre in 1971.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970,featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Kilmallock Gate in 1971.
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
House for Ger Saunders in Dublin, 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Calor Gas trade show at the Two Mile Inn in 1970.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Disabled children at Richard Harris's house in Kilkee, Co. Clare in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Limerick versus Tipperary, hurling, 1976
Ports Unity Press Conference at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Litter strewn on Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1970.
View of Shannon Grove House, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick (Dick Naughton, Limerick Leader) 1970.
Investiture of Scouts at St. Michael's Scout Hall in 1971.
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.
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Breda O'Connor and Patrick Giltinane's engagement photo in 1971.
Munster versus Ulster at Thomond Park, Limerick, in 1971.
Annual meeting of the Builders Federation at the Parkway Motel 1971.
Limerick Leader, 1971
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Press Reception at the Royal George Hotel for Mikado in 1971.
Tuairim meeting at Cruise's Hotel in 1971
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Jack Faulkener after winning three mouth organ competitions in succession, 1976
Ronnie Long, 1976
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's Hotel in 1971.
Mr. and Mrs. Murnane photographeed in 1971.
Young soccer star photographed in 1970 (John O'Shaughnessy)
GAA Talent Competition at the Greenhills Hotel in 1971.
Press Conference at Ferenka premises atAnnacotty in 1971.
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
O'Connell St., Limerick City, photographed using 200m lens in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Scots-Irish Poets at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
St. Enda's swimming pool - swimming class, 1976
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Golden Spur Inn, Kilmallock, photographed for P.J. O'Donnell, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
House photographed for Mr. Fitzgerald, Hurler's Cross, in 1971.
McAuliffe's Pub, Fedamore, Co. Limerick - photographed for Louis de Courcy (Auctioneers) in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Des O'Malley T.D. planting a tree during the opening of Watergate Flats in 1970.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Poet Donal Harnett pictured in Abbeyfeale.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Claughan v Oola at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Chairs photographed for Thomond Supply Ltd in 1970.
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.