A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Mrs. Dillon, Feile Luimni piano winners, 1976
Richard Mooney and his brothers, Irish Dancers, Rathkeale (photographed for for D Naughton) in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Students' Protest March in O'Connell Street in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Shannon Travel photographed for Louis de Courcy, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Presentation of giant Christmas Pudding at Social Service Centre, Limerick in December 1970.
Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, hosting the final of Hockey Cup in 1971.
Mayor Rory Liddy planting a tree at the opening of Watergate Flats in 1970.
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
Copy Negatives of Harmay Donnolly 1970
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Tony Ryan, photographed for soccer page, 1970
Limerick Athletics Association dinner dance at Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Spanish Point, 1971
Group shot of five men including Mayor with trophies, taken at Garryowen victory dinner at the Savoy, May 1970.
Staff of Hire Drive photographed for advertising feature in 1971.
Arrival of Major Glen Delaney at Sarsfield Barracks 1971
View of the beach at Lahinch, Co. Clare, (John Wright's Pictures), Summer 1970.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Near Lahinch, Co. Clare by Ger Saunders in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Prize winners from Adare Convent School in 1971.
Mungret G.A.A. Dance at Parkway Motel in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Table photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Dr Noel Browne, Jim Kemmy and others at an EEC discussion at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
A group gathered beside Jim Connolly's De Valera Memorial Statue outside the Courthouse, Ennis, Co. Clare 1971
Traveller wedding photographed at Limerick Leader office in 1971.
Kildimo Drama Group in 1971.
Mrs Tom Flanagan, 1971.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Breeda Sheehan, F.C.L.M., 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
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.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
Cormac O'Connor's House Castletroy for Louis de Courcy 1971
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Freedom of City conferred upon Dr Wyse Jackson at St. Mary's Cathedral in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Interior view of Hanratty's Hotel, Glentworth Street, Limerick, photographed in 1970.
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Christopher Lenihan with a salmon, 1976
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Lecture on dairy technology at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Swimmers from Villiers School in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Mary Cross ,Corbally and Anette McCarthy Feile Poetry
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
Phil O'Doherty in 1971 (for Dick Naughton).
Armchair photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Award-winning Irish Dancer, Sandra Hardaker, in 1971.
County final winners, Patrickswell at their victory dinner at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Wallace Shoe Shop, premises at 2/3, Lower Henry Street, Limerick, photographed in 1971 for Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in preparation for sale.
Winners of the Waltz Competition at Croom Macra Week in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Summer camp at St. Enda's, 1976
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
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.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970,featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Killaloe in 1971
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Mallow Street, photographed for Begley Bourke, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Crowd assembled to hear President of Ireland, Cearbhall � D�laigh, during his visit to the Crescent Hall in 1975.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Commander Feunech, Fenech, with dogs at home in Castletroy 1971
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen O'Connells in 1971 (photographed for advertising feature)
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road 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.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Mr and Mrs O'Brien photographed at Limerick Leader Office in 1971.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.