Timeline

  • Mr and Mrs Tom Foley and four children taken at Limerick Leader Office in May 1970

  • Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.

  • Garryspillane dinner at the Royal George Hotel in 1971

  • Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971

  • Arrival of American Governors at Railway Station and City Library, May 1976

  • Harrison's Jewellery, model in Limerick Leader studio in 1970.

  • Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.

  • Crash of steam roller at bank in 1971.

  • Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.

  • Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.

  • "Lines were skin was once smooth, forgotten faces and what seems like distant encounters are all part of the transience of time, and our inevitable experience of ageing. Yet, though wisdom and experience are products of this process and invariably alter our outlook, some things ultimately never change...

    "Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing."
    - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.”"

  • My response is rooted in childhood and our relationship to the immediate surroundings in our past. I incorporated an object from this captured moment to recreate a moment in my own childhood, altering and fusing the past.

  • "The Ranks Flour Mills played a crucial part in Limerick Industry and life for decades. The building was decimated by a fire in 1975. This Collagraph print captures the beauty and darkness of such destruction. I wanted to respond to the life of the building and the industry which went into decline at the same time. Ranks was a house hold name and this print celebrates a Limerick icon."

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