A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
De La Salle Secondary School, Hospital, football feam with Col�isti na Mumhan cup,1971.
Broken windows at St Mary's Convent in 1971.
Mrs. Dillon, Feile Luimni piano winners, 1976
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
C.I.E. presentations and switching on of Christmas lights at Colbert Station in 1971.
Girls photographed for Br. Perkins, possibly in relation to Community Games, in 1971.
Action shot from Garryspillane versus Boher hurling match at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Winners of Under 5/6 Speech Drama from the Salesian Convent in 1971.
Sheep at Killaloe
Opening of Watergate Flats in 1970.
Copy Negatives of Harmay Donnolly 1970
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Summer camp at St. Enda's, 1976
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Bord na nog Charity Walk at the Dock Road in 1971.
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare 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.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Killaloe in 1971
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Teenager photographed for John O'Shaughnessy in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel 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.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Mungret G.A.A. Dance at Parkway Motel in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup 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.
Cormac O'Connor's House Castletroy for Louis de Courcy 1971
Dundalk Beauty Contest at the Two Mile Inn in 1971.
Mrs Tom Flanagan, 1971.
First anniversary dance, Patrickswell, in 1970.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Coursing Cup meeting at Mount Coote, Kilmallock, in 1970.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Falls of Doonass in 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.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
P. Reeves in 1971 (photographed for Dick Naughton).
Jack Bourke photographed outside the City Theatre in 1971.
Group from Monaleen school who won the group impersonation compeition at Feile Luimni with Mary Moore in 1971.
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Kilmallock GAA, dinner dance in Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, March 1976
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Watergate Flats photographed in 1971.
New Munster and Leinster Bank premises on O'Connell Street in 1971.
Garryspillane versus Boher at the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick, 1970.
Crescent Shopping Centre feature (Part 2), 1976
House for Ger Saunders in Dublin, 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Hartman Cup for the Limerick Golf Club, 1971.
Tuairim meeting at the National Hotel with Proinsias Mac Aonghusa in 1971.
Caherdavin Church under construction in 1970. It was officially opened in 1975,
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Students and Mr. Ruddock, headmaster, in the grounds of Villiers School in 1971.
Limerick (0) versus Shamrock Rovers (0) at the Markets Field in 1971.
Sean Moore, 1976
Miss Limerick pictured at Winston's 1971
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
County final winners, Patrickswell at their victory dinner at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Killaloe in 1971
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Dick Emery at Savoy, February 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.
Thomond -v- Richmond at Thomond Park in 1971.
Scots-Irish Poets at Royal George Hotel in 1971.
FCA Dinner at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971.
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Stephen F Stokes and Co Cecil Street 1970
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Belle (the golden labrador) Wright, 1976
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
Chairs photographed for Thomond Supply Ltd in 1970.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
St Mary's Parish Social at Savoy in 1971.
Kilmallock Gate in 1971.
Helene Modes in 1971, photographed for advertising feature.
Royal Life Swimming Gala at St Enda's Pool, 1976
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Commander Feunech, Fenech, with dogs at home in Castletroy 1971
Monsignor P.J. Lee photographed outside St Mary's Church, Athlunkard Street, Limerick, in 1970.
John Earls, soccer star, 1970.
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
Greenhills Hotel Staff dress dance in 1971
House photographed for Mr. Fitzgerald, Hurler's Cross, in 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen in 1971 (photographed for an advertising feature).