A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
St Mary's Confraternity dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1971
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel 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.
Water Safety Awards at Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Killaloe in 1971
Winners of guitar competition at the Salesian Convent, Fernbank, in 1971.
Relay race during North Munster Games held in the grounds of Glenstal Abbey, Murroe, Co. Limerick on Sunday, 5-24-1970.
Sharon Kleiser, 1976
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park 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
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Table photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Ann McCarthy (Br. Perkins), 1971.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Hartman Cup for the Limerick Golf Club, 1971.
Stewards of the Civil Defence at Sarsfield Barracks 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.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Kilmallock Gate in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 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.
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel with Brian Lenihan T.D. in attendance in 1971.
St. Michael's Rowing Club anniversary dinner at the Parkway, 1976
Merriman Tavern (for Helen Buckley, Limerick Leader Journalist), 1976
Tourim meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel with Michael Sweetman of Irish Federation of Industry, in 1971.
Rents Pictures, 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Clarina Stakes, coursing meeting, 1971
Copy negatives of eight boys 1971
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Three happy ladies pictured at theParkway
Pop group photographed at the People's Park, Limerick, for Dick Naughton, in 1971.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Limerick v Bohemians in the 2nd Round of the FAI Cup at the Markets Field in 1971.
St Mary's Convent School, prizewinners at North Munster Sports, 1976
Civil Defence Exercise at Ballynanty 3-5-70, fire exercise with audience. terracedhouses in background.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Sarsfield Barracks, Cross Country Champions, in 1971.
Jack Bourke with award,1971
Miss Limerick pictured at Winston's 1971
Mrs Margaret Liddy, foundress of NIHE, in 1971
Castletroy Estates photographed for Pat McGuigan 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.
Audrey's Boutique fashion show at Greenhills in 1970
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
New facade for Boyd's premises on William Street in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Macra Na Feirme Cookery Competition in Kilmallock, sponsored by Calor Gas in 1971.
Press Conference at Mayor Liddy's Office regarding Mayor's Ball, 1971.
Colette McEnnis of Mayorstone Park, pupil of the Salesian Convent, photographed at the Limerick Leader Office in 1971.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
Two gentlemen enjoying Garryspillane's victory over Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Cormac O'Connor's House Castletroy for Louis de Courcy 1971
Photographs of fishing and shooting amenitiesin Limerick in 1971.
Askeaton Belle of the Ball, 1971.
Maura Leahy and Banita Playfoot 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.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Prize winners from Adare Convent School in 1971.
Ballynanty Hurling Teams 1970
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Little girl in first communion outfit in 1971 (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy).
Protest meeting in Glin regarding Comprehensive School in Conway's Hotel in 1971.
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
McAuliffe's Pub, Fedamore, Co. Limerick - photographed for Louis de Courcy (Auctioneers) in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
House for Louis De Courcy 1971
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Julie Anne Collopy, Irish dancer, 1976
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Disabled children at Richard Harris's house in Kilkee, Co. Clare in 1971.
Thomond Rugby Club, winners of the Junior Cup in 1971.
Monsignor P.J. Lee photographed outside St Mary's Church, Athlunkard Street, Limerick, in 1970.