A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Member of the Cecilian Musical Society in 1971.
Munster swimming gala at St. Enda's pool, 1976
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Denis Pritchard Aughanish island story with J. Walsh
Press Reception at the Royal George Hotel for Mikado in 1971.
Award-winning Irish Dancer, Sandra Hardaker, in 1971.
Presentation to Hughie Hamilton, soccer star, at Danus Factory 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.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Mrs Margaret Liddy, foundress of NIHE, in 1971
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Fish tasting at Cusack's Fish Shop, St. Alphonsus Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Little girl in first communion outfit in 1971 (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy).
Photos of dancing winners from Salesian School, Fernbank, in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Hockey, Munster versus Ulster at the Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, in 1971.
Meeting of the Federation of the Catholic Lay Secondary Schools at the Parkway Motel 1971
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Limerick motor rally drivers with their mini cars at Kilcornan in 1971.
Garryspillane dinner at the Royal George Hotel in 1971
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
Captains prize at the Limerick Golf Club 1971
Demostration of exercise machine, The Slimliner at Todds, 1976. The machine was produced by M and B Plastics, Raheen.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Action shot from St John's Boxing Club Tournament at Parkway 1970.
Presentation of giant Christmas Pudding at Social Service Centre, Limerick in December 1970.
Commander Feunech, Fenech, with dogs at home in Castletroy 1971
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Meelick GAA Dinner at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, facade of Jon Louise Jewellers 1976
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Danus show at Jetland in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Roxboro Road Road Blockers 1970
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.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Sarsfield Barracks, Cross Country Champions, in 1971.
Winners of Road Safety debate in 1971.
Lecture for nuns at St. Mary's 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.
Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
John Power, Old Christians GAA club (Rathbane), 1971.
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Badminton Winners at Adare Village Hall in 1971.
Portrait (subject unknown), photographed for Tony Purcell in 1971.
Ranks Presentation at Shannon Arms Hotel in 1970.
Arrival of Major Glen Delaney at Sarsfield Barracks 1971
Audrey's Boutique fashion show at Greenhills in 1970
Breeda Sheehan, F.C.L.M., 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Presentation to Altar Boys at Redemptorist Monastery in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Holiday photos by Ger Saunders in 1971.
Harrison's Jewellery, model in Limerick Leader studio in 1970.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Tuairim meeting at the National Hotel with Proinsias Mac Aonghusa in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Cllr. Frank Leddin at Labour Party meeting at Dromkeen in 1971.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Limerick Flower Show at the Greenhills Hotel,1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Car damaged by falling tree at Adare in 1971.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Limerick Leader, 1971
Young soccer star photographed in 1970 (John O'Shaughnessy)
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick Chamber of Commerce Seminar held at the Intercontinental Hotel 1971.
Presentation at Stokes McKearns in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Copy made in 1971 of a book page featuring a photograph of the Pipers' Club, Dublin, after the Union Pipes Competition in the Rotunda, Dublin, on 2 July 1912.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Official opening of Fulflex Factory by Des O'Malley T.D., Minister for Justice, in 1970.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, hosting the final of Hockey Cup in 1971.
Mayor Liddy leaves for New York in 1971.
Scots-Irish Poets at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
St. Enda's swimming pool - swimming class, 1976
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel with Brian Lenihan T.D. in attendance in 1971.