Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats 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.

Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971

Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.

FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.

Woman protesting outside offices of Limerick County Council, O'Connell Street, in 1971, displaying placards: Bid to Transfer Property to Tenant; Oh Limerick! What Crimes are Committed in Thy Name; and Attempted Transfer of Property to Tenant.

Presentation to Mr. B. Hanrahan, retiring from ESSO, at Limerick Inn, 1976

T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.

Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.

Boy (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy) with with photo of Leeds United Footbally Club in 1971.

"Lines were skin was once smooth, forgotten faces and what seems like distant encounters are all part of the transience of time, and our inevitable experience of ageing. Yet, though wisdom and experience are products of this process and invariably alter our outlook, some things ultimately never change...

"Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing."
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.”"

My response is rooted in childhood and our relationship to the immediate surroundings in our past. I incorporated an object from this captured moment to recreate a moment in my own childhood, altering and fusing the past.

"The Ranks Flour Mills played a crucial part in Limerick Industry and life for decades. The building was decimated by a fire in 1975. This Collagraph print captures the beauty and darkness of such destruction. I wanted to respond to the life of the building and the industry which went into decline at the same time. Ranks was a house hold name and this print celebrates a Limerick icon."