A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Cement Retirement Seminar in Ardhu Ryan Hotel, 1976
Limerick's blind people's meeting at Social Services Centre in 1971.
Presentation to Altar Boys at Redemptorist Monastery in 1971.
Army personnel relaxing by playing music at ClonmelArmy Recruiting Centre Feature
Tom Sheehan, photographed for soccer page, 1970
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Twins, Eamon and Michael Grimes, in their confirmation outfits, St Michael's, 1976
St. Munchin's Cross Country Team, 1971
Quarry Players press conference.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Emerald Carpets, closing down auction at Jetland, 1971.
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Surfing at Lahinch in 1971.
Tumbleweed Showband, Royal George Hotel, 1971.
Science experiement under way at Villiers School with Mr Ruddock, Headmaster, standing in the background in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Bord na nog Charity Walk at the Dock Road in 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Limerick Athletics Association dinner dance at Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Bar scene at Foynes Inn on 15 May 1970 featuring bar staff and customers seated at counter.
Meelick GAA Dinner at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Begley and Bourke Furnisheire Limited, Kileely, Limerick
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Group shot of six people in uniform, with trophy and flag draped on table. Winners of the Ebbs Memorial Cup at Brigade Headquarters were Limerick's St John's Ambulance Brigade taken at Glentworth Street on Sunday ,10-5-70. From left: Supt. J. O'Gibbons, Phillip Touhy, Gerard Hayes (leader): Kevin McInerney, Liam D'Arcy and J. Kennedy, Cadet Supt.
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Front of Clune's Tobacco Factory in 1971.
Musgrave Borthers personel shots
Builders Federation Dress Dance at Royal George, 1971.
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Garryspillane dinner at the Royal George Hotel in 1971
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Mrs Camble, new Presedent of the Zonta Club
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
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
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Presentation to Mr. Dan O'Callaghan, retiring teacher, by INTO at River Room Motel 1976
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Killaloe in 1971
Lord Mayor of London at the Town Hall in 1971 with Mayor Liddy.
Road Works on Sexton Street 1971
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Patrickswell versus Clarecastle in 1971.
Car damaged by falling tree at Adare in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
C.I.E. press conference at West County Hotel, Ennis, January 1976
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Copy photo of girl on a horse (from copy print) in 1971.
Ken Quinn, passport, 1970.
Richard Mooney of the Dalton School of Dancing, winner of the Bennis Perpetual Trophy and Plaque, in 1971.
Tumbleweed Showband, Royal George Hotel, 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Presentation of Shamrock at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971, presumably in March,.
St. Philomena's School, Feile Luimni winners. 1979
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
The Carpet Centre, William Street, photographed for advertising feature in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Action shot from St John's Boxing Club Tournament at Parkway 1970.
Catholic Institute, Limerick versus Church of Ireland Cork, ladies hockey Cup, 1976
Presentation of golf clubs at the International Hotel, Shannon, in 1971.
Marie, Champion, Irish Dancer, in 1971.
Happy Homecoming... Tiny Tim with his owner, Noel Clancy and Noel's brother Gerard.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Door porters press conference at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Garryspillane team that defeated Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Danus show at Jetland in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, 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.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field 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
Terry Wogan, Limerick's well known BBC disc jockey, arrives in a vintage car to officially open Hypersales Furniture Store on the Ennis road
John Murphy Presentation at Shannon Arms in 1970
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.
Chair photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Eamon Madden of St. Brendan's G.A.A., photographed in 1970.
