A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
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Junior Chamber exhibition at the Franciscan Hall in 1971.
Employees of the Limerick Shoe Factory protesting at the closure of the premises in 1971 march through O'Connell Street. The factory was located at Edward Street, just next to the old Garda barracks.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
INSO lecture at Royal George Hotel, O'Connell Street, Limerick on 6-19-1970
Young man phtotograhed for Hotspur in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Hartman Cup for the Limerick Golf Club, 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Engineers' dinner dance at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Tommy Ryan, Sport Star (JM), 1971
Mungret G.A.A. Dance at Parkway Motel in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Shannon Inter-firm GAA Final, S.P.S. v Shannon Wire Weavers at Newmarket on Fergus in 1970.
John Wright, photographer with the Limerick Leader, photographed in 1970.
Demonstrators at thh British Rail Offices 1971
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Telephonists in 1971.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
St Joseph's Scouts photographed in 1971.
St. Philomena's School, winners, 1976
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Commandant Rea inspects guard of honour at Sarsfield Barraks in 1971.
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Kit Liston Knitting outside Athea May 1975
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Road Works on Sexton Street in 1971
Falls of Doonass in 1971.
Sean Bourke in Limerick 1971
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Clare Lakelands Hotel Scariff 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.
Copy article entitled Lynch Law relating to Jack Lynch and Charles Haughey, taken in 1970.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Arrival of Major Glen Delaney at Sarsfield Barracks 1971
Car damaged by falling tree at Adare in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Swimmers from Villiers School in 1971.
Richard Mooney and his brothers, Irish Dancers, Rathkeale (photographed for for D Naughton) in 1971.
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
Students' Protest March in O'Connell Street in 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Presentation of giant Christmas Pudding at Social Service Centre, Limerick in December 1970.
Garryspillane team victorious over Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Tony Murphy Soccer Page 1970
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Protest meeting in Glin regarding Comprehensive School in Conway's Hotel in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Furniture Exhibition at Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Spanish Point, 1971
Staff of Hire Drive photographed for advertising feature in 1971.
ICMSA general meeting at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
House for Louis De Courcy 1971
Side view of Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Portrait (subject unknown), photographed for Tony Purcell in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Kildimo Drama Group in 1971.
Killaloe in 1971
Desk photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Houses for sale in Ballysheedy and Castletroy
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
St John's Judo Club, 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Mayor Liddy opens the Young Motherhood Boutique in Cecil St. in 1971.
Ger Ryan of Caherconlish and his bees, 1976
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen in 1971 (photographed for an advertising feature).
Snow Scenes from Limerick and 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.
Mr and Mrs Tom Foley and four children taken at Limerick Leader Office in May 1970
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Ballynanty Hurling Teams 1970
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Danus Show at the Royal George Hotel in 1971.
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Barry's Butchers, Shannon Street, photographed for Fitt's Auctioneers in 1971
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Munster Cup Match at Thomond Park Young Munsters Highfield 1971
Jim Collins with his accordion (photographed at the Limerick Leader Office for Seamus Kennedy) in 1970.