A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Tin whistle player photographed for Seamus Kennedy in 1971
Mrs. Frances Quillinan, Senior Architect, Limerick City Council in 1971.
William Street Boyds and Limerick Sports Store in 1970
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Views of Thomond Bridge and King John's Castle, Limerick, in 1975.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Opening of Rooney Auctioneers by Gerard Collins T.D. and Mayor Liddy in attendance in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Entrance to Villiers School in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Colette McEnnis of Mayorstone Park, pupil of the Salesian Convent, photographed at the Limerick Leader Office in 1971.
John Wright, 1971
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor 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.
Spanish Point, 1971
Crash at Annacotty - damaged cars photographed outside the Black Swan bar in 1971.
Presentation of cups by Dr. John Holmes at Pery Square in 1971.
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Musgrave Borthers personel shots
Prize winners from Adare Convent School in 1971.
Claughan v Oola at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Rosary Hill Convent pictures of Youth Group
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Bishop of Limerick, Jeremiah Newman, with confirmation twins at St Munchin's Church, 1976
Donald Keane, Riverside Inn, Sixmilebridge, Co. Clare, in 1970
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Freedom of City conferred upon Dr Wyse Jackson at St. Mary's Cathedral in 1971.
Volleyball competition, Parish Hall, Castleconnell, in 1971.
Paddy Tobin photographed in 1970
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Boys photographed for Br. Perkins in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
Belle (the golden labrador) Wright, 1976
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel 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.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Presentation to Canon Cooper at Kilmallock Hall 1971
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
Sports prizewinners from Villiers School photographed in May 1971, with Mr. John Ruddock, headmaster, front right.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Limerick Athletics Association dinner dance at Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral 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.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Presentation of Shamrock at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971, presumably in March,.
Variety Club of Ireland, children at the Royal Cinema, 1971.
Safety First Awards at Cement Factory, 1976
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Presentation made at John Meaney's shop in 1971.
Taking last vows at Laurel Hill Convent 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.
Regional Health Committee at Royal George Hotel in 1970
Kileedy Pioneer Association social at Parish Hall in1970.
Spanish Point, 1971
Mr. Michael McNamara,1971
Two boys in the Limerick Leader Works photographed for Bernard Carey in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
Cast of The Mikado at Confraternity Hall (now the Belltable Arts Centre) in 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Ballynanty Hurling Teams 1970
St Mary's Confraternity dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1971
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Reception Room in the Limerick Inn 1971.
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Society of Dairy Technology, lecture at Cruise's Hotel in 1970
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Harry Howes,1971.
Copy article entitled Lynch Law relating to Jack Lynch and Charles Haughey, taken in 1970.
Winners of hampers at St George's Bar in 1971.
Action shot of high jumper during North Munster Games held in the grounds of Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Co. Limerick on Sunday, 5-24-1970.
Sheep at Killaloe
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Terry Wogan, Limerick's well known BBC disc jockey, cuts the ribbon to officially open Hypersales Furniture Store on the Ennis road
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Salesian Past Pupils Dance at the Greenhills Hotel in 1971