A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Limerick Flower Show at the Greenhills Hotel,1971.
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Mayor and priests and audience at blessing of boats at Limerick Boat Club Centenary Celebrations 13-5-1970. Sarsfield bridge, boat club and 1916 memorial can be seen in the background.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Christian Tierney, 1st English Feile Luimni, 1976
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Tony Murphy Soccer Page 1970
Leo Fitzgerald, soccer star, 1970
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Spanish Point, 1971
Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, hosting the final of Hockey Cup in 1971.
Staff of Hire Drive photographed for advertising feature in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Portrait (subject unknown), photographed for Tony Purcell in 1971.
Hartman Cup for the Limerick Golf Club, 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Kilmallock Gate 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.
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.
Merriman Tavern (for Helen Buckley, Limerick Leader Journalist), 1976
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971 with Al Finucane and Mayor Liddy, holding the FAI Cup and Mrs. Pat O'Malley in the foreground.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
St John's Judo Club, 1971.
Table photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Group from Monaleen school who won the group impersonation compeition at Feile Luimni with Mary Moore in 1971.
O'Leary's Supermarket (Parnell Street) staff dance at the Two Mile Inn in December 1970.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Munster versus Ulster at Thomond Park, Limerick, in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Girls photographed for Br. Perkins, possibly in relation to Community Games, in 1971.
Miss Limerick pictured at Winston's 1971
Jack Bourke with award,1971
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel with Brian Lenihan T.D. in attendance in 1971.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
Presentation to Sean Byrnes by Fairview Soccer Club in 1971.
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Regional Health Committee at Royal George Hotel in 1970
Eddie Hant of Kingston's, a menswear shop, Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Bord na nog Charity Walk at the Dock Road in 1971.
Photo taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Two girls at Shannonside Offices, O'Connell Street, in 1971.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
C.I.E. presentations and switching on of Christmas lights at Colbert Station in 1971.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Copy photo of girl on a horse (from copy print) in 1971.
Dooradoyle Residents' Dinner at the Shannon Arms in 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
James Carroll, Tommy Ryan and Kevin Walsh of the Garryspillane team that defeated Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
David Moran, GAA Star taken in May, 1970
Award-winning Irish Dancer, Sandra Hardaker, 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.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
House for Louis De Courcy 1971
Protest meeting in Glin regarding Comprehensive School in Conway's Hotel in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Julie Anne Collopy, Irish dancer, 1976
Winners of the Waltz Competition at Croom Macra Week in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
St Michael's Rugby Club dinner at Young Munsters Pavillion in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
26, Laurel Court, Caherdavin, photographed for Begley Bourke, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Armchair photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Monsignor P.J. Lee photographed outside St Mary's Church, Athlunkard Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Litter strewn on Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crowd assembled to hear President of Ireland, Cearbhall � D�laigh, during his visit to the Crescent Hall in 1975.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Photos of dancing winners from Salesian School, Fernbank, in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.