A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Crescent Crescent sports day, May 1976
Limerick Civic Spirit meeting held at St. Paul's School, Dooradoyle, May 1976
Outing (Harp) to brewery in Dundalk, May 1976
Digging the first sod at G.A.A. field, Newcastlewest, and squash court and showers, May 1976
Irish Industry of Material Handling at Cruise's Hotel, May 1976
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Copy of letter (White House Bar), B.P. Moroney, May 1976
Presentation to Noel Dillon by County Council members and staff at Glentworth Hotel, May 1976
Madsey Boutique fashion show at Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, May 1976
Con Phelan, May 1976
Opening of Butler's Supermarket, College Park, Corbally, May 1976
Carmel Murphy and Mary Blake from Tipperary at the Limerick Junction Races.
Racegoers at Limerick Junction Races.
Racegoers at Limerick Junction Races.
Helen Toomey Strandville Gardens O'Callaghan Strand Limerick.
Carmel Murphy and Mary Blake from Tipperary at the Limerick Junction Races.
Hillary and Linda Carroll at the Limerick Junction Races.
A sea of racegoers at the Limerick Junction Races.
Hillary and Linda Carroll at the Limerick Junction Races.
Mary Griffith from Waterford and Valerie Kelly from Limerick at the Limerick Junction Races.
Prospect recreational area
Prospect recreational area
Prospect recreational area
Rory O'Loughlin, Irish dancer, in 1971 (photographed for Seamus Kennedy).
Anna Manahan, Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Young Scientist of the Year winners from Laurel Hill, Helen Crowley and Susan Fennelly, 1976
Limerick Lawn Tennis Club squash winners, 1976
Trudy's Boutique - photo shoot at People's Park for advertising feature in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Mick Crowe and Billy Kelly, mice in Ballynanty house, 1976
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.
Villiers School in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Passport photo of Jerry Ryan takin in 1971.
Belle (the golden labrador) Wright, 1976
Wallace Shoe Shop, premises at 2/3, Lower Henry Street, Limerick, photographed in 1971 for Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in preparation for sale.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Meelick GAA Dinner at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
View through windscreen ofTriumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Falls of Doonass in 1971.
Pery Square, Limerick, in 1971
Musgrave Borthers personel shots
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
The style of a prospective champion. Don O Connell who leavs for the United States on a tennis scholarship on Monday next, seen in practice atthe Limerick Lawn Tennis Club.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Group shot at the Rosary Hill Convent Youth Group
Catholic Institute, Limerick versus Church of Ireland Cork, ladies hockey Cup, 1976
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Volleyball competition, Parish Hall, Castleconnell, in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Christopher Lenihan with a salmon, 1976
Festival of Galtees, Mitchelstown, 1976
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup 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.
Lord Mayor of London at the Town Hall 1971 with Mayor Liddy
Aer Lingus present team captain with jersey 1970
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Desk photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Patrickswell versus Clarecastle in 1971.
Butlins Group at the Intercontinental Hotel, Limerick, in 1970.
Limerick Boat Club, Ladies Dinner, 1971.
Noel Smith 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.
C.B.S. past pupils dinner at Parkway Motel in 1970
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Patrice Butler of St Philomena's FCJ Convent in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
A group gathered beside Jim Connolly's De Valera Memorial Statue outside the Courthouse, Ennis, Co. Clare 1971
Presentation of Shamrock at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971, presumably in March,.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Safety drivers awards at Shannon Arms 1971
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
Taking last vows at Laurel Hill Convent in 1971 with celebratory meal and three-tier cake.
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
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.
Spanish Point, 1971
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
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