A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
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Group shot of three young women taken at An Oige dance at Royal George Hotel on 12-5-70
Grop shot of four men and a woman taken at libraryconvention at Parkway Hotel on 5-18-1970.
Group portrait of four men, including Ed Walsh, viewing painting of Sarsfield Bridge taken at Art Gallery, Pery Square, at opening of exhibition, 11-5-70
Presentation made at ITGWU Office, O'Connell Street, Limerick on Sunday, 5/24/1970.
Portrait of two young women at Limerick Harriers Hunt Ball, Green Hills Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick on 5-22-1970
Portrait of young woman at ONE convention at Parkway Hotel, Limerick on 5-31-1970.
Interior shot of sitting room at Treelawn Guest House, Ennis Road, Limerick, taken on 5/22/1970.
Just Looking Boutique, Henry Street, interior shot with model Charlotte McGrath on5-20-1970
O'Leary Challenge Cup for Youth Football, presentation with Mr. Joseph O'Leary on left at O'Leary's Supermarket, Parnell Street on 5-21-1970.
Bar scene at Foynes Inn on 15 May 1970 featuring bar staff and customers seated at counter.
Ivor Byrne, artist, with another gentleman, with painting of Pope John XXIII, at 36 Colbert Park, Janesboro, on 5-21-1970
Group portait with trophy of Our Lady of Lourdes Youth Club members, winners of Tom and Pascal Trophy, on 5-20-1970.
Portrait of four men attending Trades Council dinner at the Savoy Hotel, Limerick, 9-5-70
Exterior shot of new showhouse at Caherdavin Heights, Limerick, part of McInerney's Homes Feature taken on 5-15-1970.
Group shot taken at opening of new children's library at Pery Square, Limerick, 2/5/70.
Group shot of three young women taken at An Oige dance at Royal George Hotel on 12-5-70
Grop shot of six women taken at libraryconvention at Parkway Hotel on 5-18-1970.
Presentation made at ITGWU Office, O'Connell Street, Limerick on Sunday, 5/24/1970.
Portrait of two young women at Limerick Harriers Hunt Ball, Green Hills Hotel, Ennis Road, Limerick on 5-22-1970
Interior group shot of four men including Mayor Coughan at ONE convention held at Parkway Hotel, Limerick on 5-31-1970.
Interior shot of sitting room at Treelawn Guest House, Ennis Road, Limerick, taken on 5/22/1970.
Just Looking Boutique, Henry Street, interior shot with model Charlotte McGrath on5-20-1970
Patrick Hickey, chairman, Lough Gur Festival Committee, taken at Limerick Leader Office on 5-20-1970.
Bar scene at Foynes Inn on 5-15-1970 featuring customers seated.
Ivor Byrne, artist, with another gentleman, with painting of Pope John XXIII, at 36 Colbert Park, Janesboro, on 5-21-1970
Group portait with trophy of Our Lady of Lourdes Youth Club members, winners of Tom and Pascal Trophy, on 5-20-1970.
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
Portrait of four men attending Trades Council dinner at the Savoy Hotel, Limerick, 9-5-70
Exterior shot of new showhouse at Caherdavin Heights, Limerick, with parked cars, part of McInerney's Homes Feature taken on 5-15-1970.
Civil Defence Exercise at Ballynanty 3-5-70, first aid demo with audience.
Group shot outside Irish Heart Foundation's Mediscan Unit at St John's Hospital, Limerick on 6-22-1970.
Participants in fourteen-mile charity walk, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish,, on Rosbrien Road, on Sunday, 6-14-1970.
St. Brendan's school U14 team, winners of the Olo Mineral Water Cup over St Patrick's School team at the Gaelic Grounds on 6-29-1970.
Limerick author, Sean Bourke, signs copies of his book, The Springing of George Blake at Eason's Bookshop, watched by Mr. Maurice Healy, Manager of Eason's, in June 1970.
Portrait of young woman at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970
School closure at Feonanagh, Co. Limerick on 6-22-1970.
Eamon Casey, Bishop of Kerry, opening the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
V. Rev. James Canon Cowper, DD, PP, VF, Kilmallock, pictured on 6/17/1970, presenting the Benemerenti Medal conferred by Pope Paul to Miss Ellie Falahee who was the priests' housekeeper in Kilmallock for over fifty years. Also pictured: Rev. Eamonn Houlihan, CC, Kilmallock. Miss Falahee was Fr. Houlihan's housekeeper at the time of this presentation.
Photograph for advert of new Boyd's store on William Street, Limerick, June 1970
Rev. Fr. Edward Condra with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Condra of Cahirnarry Glebe, Co. Limerick. Fr. Condra was ordained in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, on Saturday, June 13, 1970 by Most Rev. Dr. Morris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.
First National Building Society Mixed Foursomes at Limerick Golf Club on 6-25-1970.
Nurses' Protest March on O'Callaghan Strand Limerick on Saturday, 6-6-1970.
Start of fourteen-mile charity walk on Childers Road, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on Sunday, 6-14-1970. Five men on scaffolding on partially built house with crowd watching.
St. Brendan's school U14 team, winners of the Olo Mineral Water Cup over St Patrick's School team at the Gaelic Grounds on 6-29-1970.
Limerick author, Sean Bourke, signs copies of his book, The Springing of George Blake at Eason's Bookshop, watched by Mr. Maurice Healy, Manager of Eason's, in June 1970.
Portrait of young woman at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970.
School closure at Feonanagh, Co. Limerick on 6-22-1970.
Eamon Casey, Bishop of Kerry, opening the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
Photograph for advert of new Boyd's store on William Street, Limerick, June 1970
Rev. Fr. Edward Condra bestowing his first blessing on his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Condra of Cahirnarry Glebe, Co. Limerick. Fr. Condra was ordained in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, on Saturday, June 13, 1970 by Most Rev. Dr. Morris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.
First National Building Society Mixed Foursomes at Limerick Golf Club on 6-25-1970.
Action shot from Limerick versus Clare hurling match played in Thurles on 6-14-1970. The final score was a draw, Limerick 3-9, Clare 2-12.
Nurses' Protest March on O'Callaghan Strand Limerick on Saturday, 6-6-1970.
Start of fourteen-mile charity walk on Childers Road, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish on Sunday, 6-14-1970. Five men on scaffolding on partially built house.
St Patrick's school U14 team deafed in the Olo Mineral Water Cup at the Gaelic Grounds by St Brendan's School on 6-29-1970.
Limerick author, Sean Bourke, signs copies of his book, The Springing of George Blake at Eason's Bookshop, watched by Miss Margaret Linnane and Mr. Maurice Healy, Manager of Eason's in June 1970.
Group shot of two men and two women in front of a dresser at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970
Eamon Casey, Bishop of Kerry, opening the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
Photograph for advert of new Boyd's store on William Street, Limerick, June 1970
Rev. Fr. Edward Condra with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Condra of Cahirnarry Glebe, Co. Limerick. Fr. Condra was ordained in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, on Saturday, June 13, 1970 by Most Rev. Dr. Morris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.
First National Building Society Mixed Foursomes at Limerick Golf Club on 6-25-1970.
Limerick hurling team photo taken before match against Clare played in Thurles on 6-14-1970. The final result was a draw, Limerick 3-9, Clare 2-12.
Nurses' Protest March on Sarsfield Street, Limerick with the Intercontinental Hotel visible in the background, on Saturday, 6-6-1970.
Three girls at fourteen-mile charity walk, Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, on Rosbrien Road, on Sunday, 6-14-1970.
Group shot of two men and two women in front of a dresser at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970
Eamon Casey, Bishop of Kerry, opening of the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
Scene from Mass at opening new church at Colmanswell, near Charleville, Co. Limerick on 6-14-1970. The Church was officially opened by Bishop of Limerick, Most Rev. Henry Murphy, DD. The church accommodates 200 people and cost �18,000, and replaced a church built in 1837.
Tom Tobin of Tobin's Tyres, Abbeyfeale and Sexon Street, Limerick, photographed for a feature in Limerick Leader, 6-27-1970.
Photograph for advert of new Boyd's store on William Street, Limerick, June 1970
Rev. Fr. Edward Condra with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Condra of Cahirnarry Glebe, Co. Limerick. Fr. Condra was ordained in the Cathedral of the Assumption, Thurles, on Saturday, June 13, 1970 by Most Rev. Dr. Morris, Archbishop of Cashel and Emly.
Limerick hurling team photo taken before match against Clare played in Thurles on 6-14-1970. The final result was a draw, Limerick 3-9, Clare 2-12.
Nurses' Protest March on Sarsfield Street, Limerick with the Intercontinental Hotel and St. Munchin's Hospital visible in the background, on Saturday, 6-6-1970.
No. 12, Springfield Drive, Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick, for auction by Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in June 1970.
Group shot of two men and two women in front of a dresser at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970.
Aerial view of Eamon Casey, Bishop of Kerry, opening the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
Scene from Mass at opening new church at Colmanswell, near Charleville, Co. Limerick on 6-14-1970. The Church was officially opened by Bishop of Limerick, Most Rev. Henry Murphy, DD. The church accommodates 200 people and cost �18,000, and replaced a church built in 1837.
Tobin's Tyres, Abbeyfeale Depot, photographed for a feature in Limerick Leader, 6-27-1970.
Photograph for advert of new Boyd's store on William Street, Limerick, June 1970
Action shot from Limerick versus Clare hurling match played in Thurles on 6-14-1970. The final result was a draw, Limerick 3-9, Clare 2-12.
Nurses' Protest March on Sarsfield Street, Limerick with the Intercontinental Hotel and St. Munchin's Hospital visible in the background, on Saturday, 6-6-1970.
No. 12, Springfield Drive, Dooradoyle, Co. Limerick, for auction by Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in June 1970.
Colm James, art exhibition held at Todd's Department Store, O'Connell Street, Limerick, on 19 June 1970
Portrait of young woman at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970
Mr. J. F. O'Mahony, putting key in door at opening of VHI Office, 4, Hartstonge Street, Limerick, with two young women looking on, taken on 6-9-1970.
Aerial view of opening of the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
Congretation assembling outside new new church at Colmanswell, near Charleville, Co. Limerick for opening ceremony on 6-14-1970. The Church was officially opened by Bishop of Limerick, Most Rev. Henry Murphy, DD. The church accommodates 200 people and cost �18,000, and replaced a church built in 1837.
Tobin's Tyres, Abbeyfeale Depot, photographed for a feature in Limerick Leader, 6-27-1970.
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. Action shot of Ray Cummins, Cork full forward, and Pat Hartigan of Limerick in a goal-mouth duel.
Portrait of two young women taken at Tuirim cheese and wine evening at King John's Castle, Limerick on 6/18/1970.
Action shot from Limerick versus Clare hurling match played in Thurles on 6-14-1970. The final result was a draw, Limerick 3-9, Clare 2-12.
Streetscape featuring nurses' protest march on O'Connell Street with Augustinian Church visible in the background, on Saturday, 6-6-1970.
Tony McCormac and Tony Buckley of St Brendan's GAA Club, pictured in June 1970.
Colm James, art exhibition held at Todd's Department Store, O'Connell Street, Limerick, on 19 June 1970
Group shot including Mayor Steve Coughaln at presentation made at Shannon Arms Hotel on 6-28-1970.
Portrait of young woman at College Players Press Conference at Shannonside S.D. on 6-2-1970
Mr. J. F. O'Mahony, putting key in door at opening of VHI Office, 4, Hartstonge Street, Limerick, with two young women looking on, taken on 6-9-1970.
Aerial view of opening of the new Don Bosco Youth Holiday Camps in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry on 6-7-1970.
Bishop, priests and altar boys assembling outside new new church at Colmanswell, near Charleville, Co. Limerick for opening ceremony on 6-14-1970. The Church was officially opened by Bishop of Limerick, Most Rev. Henry Murphy, DD. The church accommodates 200 people and cost �18,000, and replaced a church built in 1837.
Tobin's Tyres, Sexton Street Depot, photographed for a feature in Limerick Leader, 6-27-1970.
Portrait of a woman taken at Tuirim cheese and wine evening at King John's Castle, Limerick on 6/18/1970.