A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Arrival of American Governors at Railway Station and City Library, May 1976
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970,featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Award-winning Irish Dancer, Sandra Hardaker, in 1971.
Villiers School grounds in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Winners of the Waltz Competition at Croom Macra Week in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Sheep at Killaloe
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Summer camp at St. Enda's, 1976
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.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Crowd assembled to hear President of Ireland, Cearbhall � D�laigh, during his visit to the Crescent Hall in 1975.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
County Library, Mallow Street, presentation of picture in 1970.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Garryspillane team that defeated Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 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.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's Hotel in 1971.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Salesian Cake Decorating exhibition at Salesian Convent 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.
Joan Ryan (from Murroe) of Cecillian Musical Society in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Killaloe in 1971
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Mallow Street, photographed for Begley Bourke, Auctioneers, in 1971.
House for Ger Saunders in Dublin, 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Disabled children at Richard Harris's house in Kilkee, Co. Clare in 1971.
Lord Mayor of London at the Town Hall 1971 with Mayor Liddy
Mrs Heyslop 1971
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen O'Connells in 1971 (photographed for advertising feature)
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Presentation by Mr.Tom O'Donnell to the retiring manager of the Munster and Leinster Bank, O'Connell Street, in 1971.
Investiture of Scouts at St. Michael's Scout Hall in 1971.
Poet Donal Harnett pictured in Abbeyfeale.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Sarsfield Barracks, Cross Country Champions, in 1971.
New facade for Boyd's premises on William Street in 1971.
Limerick v Bohemians in the 2nd Round of the FAI Cup at the Markets Field in 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Ger O'Mahoney, photographed for soccer page, 1970.
Press Reception at the Royal George Hotel for Mikado in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Jack Faulkener after winning three mouth organ competitions in succession, 1976
Clarina Stakes, coursing meeting, 1971
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel 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.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Ranks Presentation at Shannon Arms Hotel in 1970.
Press Conference at Ferenka premises atAnnacotty in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
O'Connell St., Limerick City, photographed using 200m lens in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Scots-Irish Poets at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Opening of pageant at Savoy, 1976
Enda Grimes, Salesian Convent, in 1971.
Golden Spur Inn, Kilmallock, photographed for P.J. O'Donnell, Auctioneers, in 1971.
McAuliffe's Pub, Fedamore, Co. Limerick - photographed for Louis de Courcy (Auctioneers) in 1971.
House photographed for Mr. Fitzgerald, Hurler's Cross, 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.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Limerick versus Finn Harps at the Markets Field in 1971.