A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Copy map (Clara, Co. Offaly) for J. O'Donovan, 1971.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse 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.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance 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.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970,featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Gardai and protesters at the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Group photo of Mayor of Limerick, Steve Coughlan, TD, welcoming Tony O'Brien, captain of the Limerick hurling team, to the Town Hall, Limerick following the team's win in the National Hurling Leage, with Cllr. R. Liddy and Mr. R. Kiely, 4-5-70.
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
County Library Presentation of Picture 1970
John Murphy Presentation at Shannon Arms in 1970
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Relay race during North Munster Games held in the grounds of Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Co. Limerick on Sunday, 5-24-1970.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Terry Wogan, Limerick's well known BBC disc jockey, arrives in a vintage car to officially open Hypersales Furniture Store on the Ennis road
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
View of Shannon Grove House, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick (Dick Naughton, Limerick Leader) 1970.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
Thomond Rugby Club, winners of the Junior Cup in 1971.
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Limerick v Bohemians in the 2nd Round of the FAI Cup at the Markets Field in 1971.
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Harry Howes,1971.
Marie Ann Storan in 1971 (photographed for Dick Naughton)
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's Hotel in 1971.
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel with Brian Lenihan T.D. in attendance in 1971.
Surfing at Lahinch in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Rents Pictures, 1971.
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Limerick in 1971
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clarina Stakes, coursing meeting, 1971
Three happy ladies pictured at theParkway
Pop group photographed at the People's Park, Limerick, for Dick Naughton, 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.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Thoroughbred Breeders of Ireland at the Shannon Arms 1971, with Dr. Patrick Hillary (subsequently President Hillary).
Poet Donal Harnett pictured in Abbeyfeale.
Civil Defence Exercise at Ballynanty 3-5-70, fire exercise with audience. terracedhouses in background.
Sarsfield Barracks, Cross Country Champions, in 1971.
Miss Limerick pictured at Winston's 1971
Mrs Margaret Liddy, foundress of NIHE, in 1971
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Mini Olymipictures press conference at National Hotel 1971
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Badminton Winners at Adare Village Hall in 1971.
Karen Wixted in 1971, photographed for Dick Naughton.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Chairs photographed for Thomond Supply Ltd in 1970.
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Kilmallock Gate in 1971.
Press Conference at Mayor Liddy's Office regarding Mayor's Ball, 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.
3rd Field Corp of Engineering dinner at Sarsfield Barracks, 1976
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Photographs of fishing and shooting amenitiesin Limerick in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Shannon Inter-firm GAA Final, S.P.S. v Shannon Wire Weavers at Newmarket on Fergus in 1970.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
James Carroll, Tommy Ryan and Kevin Walsh of the Garryspillane team that defeated Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Little girl in first communion outfit in 1971 (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy).
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
McAuliffe's Pub, Fedamore, Co. Limerick - photographed for Louis de Courcy (Auctioneers) in 1971.
C.I.E. presentations and switching on of Christmas lights at Colbert Station in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Enda Grimes, Salesian Convent, in 1971.
Protest meeting in Glin regarding Comprehensive School in Conway's Hotel in 1971.
Copy photo of girl on a horse (from copy print) in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
