A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Fianna Fail dinner dance at the Parkway Motel in 1970
Patrickswell G.A.A., dinner at Parkway Motel, 1971.
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Begley and Bourke Furnisheire Limited, Kileely, Limerick
Scots-Irish Poets at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Girl who found bottle, 1971.
Tumbleweed Showband, Royal George Hotel, 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Limerick Leader, 1971
Bruree/Rockhill dinner dance at Cronin's Hotel, Charleville in 1971.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
William Street Boyds and Limerick Sports Store in 1970
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
House for Ger Saunders in Dublin, 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.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
The Big Big Charity Walk (25 miles) in 1971.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Royal Life Swimming Gala at St Enda's Pool, 1976
Mick Doyle (photographed for John O'Shaughnessy) in 1971.
Happy Homecoming... Tiny Tim with his owner, Noel Clancy and Noel's brother Gerard.
Miss Janice Boggie and Miss Mary Scanlon in 1971 (photographed for Seamus Kennedy).
FCA in training at Kilworth army camp in Co. Cork
A.G.M. Assurance Managers at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
Chair photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Mary Cross ,Corbally and Anette McCarthy Feile Poetry
Views of Thomond Bridge and King John's Castle, Limerick, in 1975.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Freedom of City conferred upon Dr Wyse Jackson at St. Mary's Cathedral in 1971.
Young soccer star photographed in 1970 (John O'Shaughnessy)
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Presentation to Altar Boys at Redemptorist Monastery in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Presentation at Looney's Staff Dance, Parkway, 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Sean South memorial services at graveyard in 1971
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
St. Enda's swimming pool - swimming class, 1976
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Bord na nog Charity Walk at the Dock Road 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.
Inaugural meeting of Estuarial Ports Authority at the County Courthouse in 1971.
Terry Wogan, Limerick's well known BBC disc jockey, was back on home soil to officially open Hypersales Furniture Store on the Ennis road
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
JFK School v St. Brendan's at the Gaelic Grounds, 1971.
Scripto Press Conference held at Ardu Hotel, Ennis Road in 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Volleyball competition, Parish Hall, Castleconnell, in 1971.
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen O'Connells in 1971 (photographed for advertising feature)
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Salesian Convent prize winners at Fernbank in 1971.
Group from Monaleen school who won the group impersonation compeition at Feile Luimni with Mary Moore in 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Crowd assembled to hear President of Ireland, Cearbhall � D�laigh, during his visit to the Crescent Hall in 1975.
Sinn Fein meeting at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
St Mary's Parish Social at Savoy in 1971.
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Ballynanty Hurling Teams 1970
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Gerry Saunders, 1971.
C.I.E. presentations and switching on of Christmas lights at Colbert Station in 1971.
Shannon Inter-firm GAA Final, S.P.S. v Shannon Wire Weavers at Newmarket on Fergus in 1970.
Miss Limerick pictured at Winston's 1971
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, 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.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Captain's Day at the Catholic Institute in 1971.
Ger Ryan of Caherconlish and his bees, 1976
Audrey's Boutique fashion show at Greenhills in 1970
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Mrs. Dillon, Feile Luimni piano winners, 1976
Kevin Wallace of the Gabrielle Wallace School of Speech and Drama in 1971.
House photographed for Mr. Fitzgerald, Hurler's Cross, in 1971.
Variety Club of Ireland, children at the Royal Cinema, 1971.
