A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
Builders Federation Dress Dance at Royal George, 1971.
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel in 1971
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Ballynanty Hurling Teams 1970
View of Sarsfiels Street 1970.
Presentation Past Pupils' Union dinner at the Royal George Hotel on 30 January 1971.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
Maiure Festival press conference at Shannonside in 1971.
Bord na nog Charity Walk at the Dock Road in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Passport Photographs taken for P. Cantillon in 1971.
Sean South memorial services at graveyard in 1971
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Joan McGarry, Salesian Convent, 1976
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank 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.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Quarry Players press conference
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Catholic Institute, Limerick versus Church of Ireland Cork, ladies hockey Cup, 1976
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.
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.
ICMSA Meeting at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Photographs of fishing and shooting amenitiesin Limerick in 1971.
Hockey, Munster versus Ulster at the Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Ger Younger, Soccer Star, 1970.
Skal Club, Shannon, Trip to Tokyo in 1970.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Speedy Cabs dinner at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Shannon Inter-firm GAA Final, S.P.S. v Shannon Wire Weavers at Newmarket on Fergus in 1970.
Barry's Butchers, Shannon Street, photographed for Fitt's Auctioneers in 1971
Mungret G.A.A. Dance at Parkway Motel in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Limerick versus Tipperary, hurling, 1976
Killaloe in 1971
Chair photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Eamon Haugh photographed for Talk of the Town column in 1971.
O'Connell St., Limerick City, photographed using 200m lens 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.
St. Mary's drama group, 1976
Presentation by Irish Shell at Punch's Cross in 1970.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
Mrs Tom Flanagan, 1971.
Investiture of Scouts at St. Michael's Scout Hall in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Eddie Hant of Kingston's, a menswear shop, Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1971.
Meanus Parish Dinner Dance, 1971.
C.B.S. past pupils dinner at Parkway Motel in 1970
Trudy's Boutique - photo shoot at People's Park for advertising feature in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
St. Patrick's Parish press confernence at the Parkway Motel in 1971
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Jack Faulkener after winning three mouth organ competitions in succession, 1976
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Road Works on Sexton Street 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.
View of Shannon Grove House, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick (Dick Naughton, Limerick Leader) 1970.
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
New Munster and Leinster Bank premises on O'Connell Street in 1971.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Badminton Winners at Adare Village Hall in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Richard Mooney and his brothers, Irish Dancers, Rathkeale (photographed for for D Naughton) in 1971.
Hartman Cup for the Limerick Golf Club, 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
First guide dog in Limerick in Pery Square in 1971
Local Davis Cup star MichaelHickey who played a major part in arranging the scholarship for Don O'Connell
I.M.I. Shannonside announcement of new coursesat Press Conference in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Demonstration in aid of the Alms Homes outside Todds in 1971.
John Wright, 1971
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Commandant Rea inspects guard of honour at Sarsfield Barraks in 1971.
Ann O'Mahony 1971
Mayor Rory Liddy opening of Watergate Flats in 1970.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
