Timeline

  • Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park 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.

  • Mayor's visit to salesian's Fernbank, June 1975

  • Ranks Presentation at Shannon Arms Hotel in 1970.

  • Academy Library, 55, Thomas Street, Limerick, photographed for Begley and Bourke, Auctionners, in preparation for sale in 1971.

  • St Michael's Rugby Club dinner at Young Munsters Pavillion in 1971.

  • John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.

  • Mr. and Mrs. Murnane photographeed in 1971.

  • GAA Talent Competition at the Greenhills Hotel in 1971.

  • C.I.E. presentations and switching on of Christmas lights at Colbert Station 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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