A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen O'Connells in 1971 (photographed for advertising feature)
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Mr and Mrs Tom Foley and four children taken at Limerick Leader Office in May 1970
ICMSA Meeting at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Dundalk Beauty Contest at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Aberdeen Arms Hotel, Lahinch, Co. Clare, by Ger Saunders in 1971.
Mike Foley, Music Student at UCD, in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Kildimo Drama Group in 1971.
Butlins Group at the Intercontinental Hotel, Limerick, in 1970.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel in 1971
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Limerick v Cork in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship semi-final at Thurles, Co. Tipperary on 6/28/1970. Final score Cork 4-13, Limerick 3-6.
Presentation at Stokes McKearns 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.
Mr. Murphy's premises on Dock Road, 1976
Houses for sale in Ballysheedy and Castletroy
Badminton Winners at Adare Village Hall in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Corporation Cleaning Department dinner at Savoy Hotel, 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.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
McInerney Homes dinner dance at the Intercontinental Hotel in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Three men in Presentation at Aspro Nicholas Press Reception at Cruise's Hotel
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Winners of Under 5/6 Speech Drama from the Salesian Convent in 1971.
Insurance Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
Dick Emery at Savoy, February 1976
Limerick Flower Show at the Greenhills Hotel,1971.
Summer camp at St. Enda's, 1976
Mayor's Ball at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Photographs of fishing and shooting amenitiesin Limerick in 1971.
Belle (the golden labrador) Wright, 1976
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Photographs of fishing and shooting amenitiesin Limerick in 1971.
Belle (the golden labrador) Wright, 1976
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Little girl in first communion outfit in 1971 (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy).
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.
Presentation at County Library 1970
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
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.
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Hubert Maye and John Jennings 1971
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Falls of Doonass in 1971.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Portrait of a young man taken for John O'Shaughnessy in 1971.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Limerick versus Tipperary, hurling, 1976
Ports Unity Press Conference at the Shannon Arms Hotel 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.
Litter strewn on Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Garryspillane dinner at the Royal George Hotel in 1971
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Harrison's Jewellery, model in Limerick Leader studio in 1970.
Munster versus Ulster at Thomond Park, Limerick, in 1971.
Limerick Leader, 1971
Press Reception at the Royal George Hotel for Mikado in 1971.
Tuairim meeting at Cruise's Hotel in 1971
Ronnie Long, 1976
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
Mr. and Mrs. Murnane photographeed in 1971.
Young soccer star photographed in 1970 (John O'Shaughnessy)
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.