A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Houses for sale in Ballysheedy and Castletroy
A group gathered beside Jim Connolly's De Valera Memorial Statue outside the Courthouse, Ennis, Co. Clare 1971
Traveller wedding photographed at Limerick Leader office in 1971.
Knights of Malta presentation Social Services Centre 1971
Skal Club, Shannon, Trip to Tokyo in 1970.
Limerick's blind people's meeting at Social Services Centre in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Lecture for nuns at St. Mary's Convent in 1971.
Armchair photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Cormac O'Connor's House Castletroy for Louis de Courcy 1971
Wallace Shoe Shop, premises at 2/3, Lower Henry Street, Limerick, photographed in 1971 for Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in preparation for sale.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Musgrave Borthers personel shots
At Hanratty's Hotel, Glentworth Street, Limerick, in 1970.
Limerick versus Tipperary at Gaelic Grounds
Mick Crowe and Billy Kelly, mice in Ballynanty house, 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.
3rd Field Corp of Engineering dinner at Sarsfield Barracks, 1976
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Des Ryan, Director of Riordan's Travel, photographed in 1971.
Passport photo of Jerry Ryan takin in 1971.
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Volleyball competition, Parish Hall, Castleconnell, in 1971.
Meelick GAA Dinner at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Colette McEnnis of Mayorstone Park, pupil of the Salesian Convent, photographed at the Limerick Leader Office in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
View through windscreen ofTriumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Captain's Day at the Catholic Institute in 1971.
Road Works on Sexton Street 1971
Pery Square, Limerick, in 1971
John O'Shaughnessy - Ball boys in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 1971
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Patrickswell versus Clarecastle in 1971.
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Boys photographed for Br. Perkins in 1971.
Richard Mooney of the Dalton School of Dancing, winner of the Bennis Perpetual Trophy and Plaque, in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Castletroy Estates photographed for Pat McGuigan in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
County final winners, Patrickswell at their victory dinner at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Presentation of Shamrock at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971, presumably in March,.
Young woman photographed for Dick Naughton, 1971.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Taking last vows at Laurel Hill Convent in 1971 with celebratory meal and three-tier cake.
Lord Mayor of London at the Town Hall 1971 with Mayor Liddy
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Presentation of golf clubs at the International Hotel, Shannon, in 1971.
Builders Federation Dress Dance at Royal George, 1971.
Limerick Boat Club, Ladies Dinner, 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.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
View of Shannon Grove House, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick (Dick Naughton, Limerick Leader) 1970.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Group photo of Mayor of Limerick, Steve Coughlan, TD, welcoming Tony O'Brien, captain of the Limerick hurling team, to the Town Hall, Limerick following the team's win in the National Hurling Leage, with Cllr. R. Liddy and Mr. R. Kiely, 4-5-70.
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Winners of guitar competition at the Salesian Convent, Fernbank, in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Sharon Kleiser, 1976
Terry Wogan, Limerick's well known BBC disc jockey, was back on home soil to officially open Hypersales Furniture Store on the Ennis road
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.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Car damaged by falling tree at Adare in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Copy map (Clara, Co. Offaly) for J. O'Donovan, 1971.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's Hotel in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Killaloe in 1971
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
ICMSA protest in Limerick in 1971.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Opening of the Glentworth Hotel in 1971
St. Michael's Rowing Club anniversary dinner at the Parkway, 1976