A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Mrs. Frances Quillinan, Senior Architect, Limerick City Council in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Sheep at Killaloe
Opening of Rooney Auctioneers by Gerard Collins T.D. and Mayor Liddy in attendance in 1971.
Belle (the golden labrador) Wright, 1976
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
Poet Donal Harnett pictured in Abbeyfeale.
Mick Crowe and Billy Kelly, mice in Ballynanty house, 1976
Renovation of building in Post Office Lane, 1976
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Villiers School in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Castletroy Estates photographed for Pat McGuigan in 1971.
Interior view of Hanratty's Hotel, Glentworth Street, Limerick, photographed in 1970.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Meelick GAA Dinner at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
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.Sr Corboy's House Rathbane for Wm B Fitt and Co 11-5-1970
Launching of new book on the history of Limerick at Cruise's Hotel 1971
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Smith's Renault garage and its staff, photographed for advertising feature, 1971
Musgrave Borthers personel shots
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Adrian Ryan with table tennis paddle, J.F.K. School (for Charlie Mulqueen) in 1971.
Demostration of exercise machine, The Slimliner at Todds, 1976. The machine was produced by M and B Plastics, Raheen.
Freedom of City conferred upon Dr Wyse Jackson at St. Mary's Cathedral 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.
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Rosary Hill Convent pictures of Youth Group
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
River Shannon, Limerick, in 1971
School of Building, Mary Street, 1976
Receiving Diplomas at the Social Services Centre 1971
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Maiure Festival press conference at Shannonside in 1971.
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Lord Mayor of London at the Town Hall 1971 with Mayor Liddy
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Tuairim meeting at Cruise's Hotel in 1971
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Tipperary hurler, Babs Keating, photographed in 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Civil Defence dinner at the Savoy Hotel in 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
Thoroughbred Breeders of Ireland at the Shannon Arms 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.
Presentation made at John Meaney's shop in 1971.
St Michael's Rugby Club dinner at Young Munsters Pavillion in 1971.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970, featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Barry's Butchers, Shannon Street, photographed for Fitt's Auctioneers in 1971
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Copy photo of girl on a horse (from copy print) in 1971.
Limerick v Bohemians in the 2nd Round of the FAI Cup at the Markets Field in 1971.
Mr michael Leahy, Punches Cross
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 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.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Crash at Hurler's Cross in 1971.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 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.
Chairs photographed for Thomond Supply Ltd in 1970.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Sinn Fein meeting at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
St Mary's Parish Social at Savoy in 1971.
FCA in training at Kilworth army camp in Co. Cork
Limerick in 1971
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field 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
John Murphy Presentation at Shannon Arms in 1970
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
View of Sarsfiels Street 1970.
Demonstration in aid of the Alms Homes outside Todds in 1971.