A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Students' Protest March in O'Connell Street in 1971.
C.L.M. (Cuairte�ir� le Murire - Christian Leadership Movement) entertain disabled children at the Clare Inn Hotel in January 1971.
Presentation of giant Christmas Pudding at Social Service Centre, Limerick in December 1970.
Copy stills of Richard Harris in the role of Eitan in the 1971 film, Bloomfield (known as The Hero in the U.S.).
Frances Condell at the Social Services Centre lecture on hygiene week in 1971.
Prize winners from Adare Convent School in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Tony Murphy Soccer Page 1970
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
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.
Spanish Point, 1971
Staff of Hire Drive photographed for advertising feature in 1971.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral 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.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
Portrait (subject unknown), photographed for Tony Purcell in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Garryspillane team that defeated Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's 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.
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Joan McGarry, Salesian Convent, 1976
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
Kilmallock Gate in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
House for Ger Saunders in Dublin, 1971.
ICMSA protest entering Limerick City along Dublin Road in 1971.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
St John's Judo Club, 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Bruree/Rockhill dinner dance at Cronin's Hotel, Charleville in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Disabled children at Richard Harris's house in Kilkee, Co. Clare in 1971.
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen in 1971 (photographed for an advertising feature).
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Donald Keane, Riverside Inn, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, in 1970
Litter strewn on Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Investiture of Scouts at St. Michael's Scout Hall in 1971.
Exterior of new showhouse at Caherdavin Heights, Limerick, with parked cars, part of McInerney's Homes Feature taken on 5-15-1970.
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Limerick Leader, 1971
Ger O'Mahoney, photographed for soccer page, 1970.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel 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.
Jack Faulkener after winning three mouth organ competitions in succession, 1976
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel in 1971
Captains prize at the Limerick Golf Club 1971
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
GAA Talent Competition at the Greenhills Hotel in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral 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.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
O'Connell St., Limerick City, photographed using 200m lens in 1971.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
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.
House photographed for Mr. Fitzgerald, Hurler's Cross, in 1971.
Award-winning Irish Dancer, Sandra Hardaker, 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
Winners of the Waltz Competition at Croom Macra Week in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Summer camp at St. Enda's, 1976
Breda O'Connor and Patrick Giltinane's engagement photo in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Crowd assembled to hear President of Ireland, Cearbhall � D�laigh, during his visit to the Crescent Hall in 1975.
Meanus Parish Dinner Dance, 1971.
First guide dog in Limerick in Pery Square in 1971
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
John Wright, 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.
Near Lahinch, Co. Clare, by Ger Saunders in 1971.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Salesian Cake Decorating exhibition at Salesian Convent 1971.
Car damaged by falling tree at Adare in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.