On this day – November – In Limerick History
The following are a collection of events that are connected to the history of Limerick or people from Limerick during the month of November. 1 November – It is believed that Michael Hogan, the Bard of...
View ArticleOn this day – December – In Limerick History
The following are a collection of events that are connected to the history of Limerick or people from Limerick during the month of December. 1 December – On this day 1 Dec 1868, Sir Peter Tait left the...
View Article100 Women of Limerick – Pre-Order
Ormston House and Sharon Slater are collaborating on 100 Women of Limerick, a book to recover, remember and celebrate women’s histories. We are working with award-winning designer, Victoria Brunetta,...
View ArticleTHE FUTURE YEARS: A STORY OF ANALOG DEVICES’ START-UP IN LIMERICK by Pat Cunneen
Pat Cunneen tells the story of Analog Devices in Limerick in his new publication The Future Years. Analog Devices, began operations in Limerick in 1976as a small SFADCO advance factory unit. There were...
View ArticleWilliam Nelson, Family Grocer, 61 William Street
William Nelson, a native of County Down, born c.1830, the son of Robert Nelson, a merchant. He arrived in Limerick around 1850, to work in the Limerick Warehouse Drapery Company. He branched out on his...
View ArticleThe Battle For Limerick City and The Battle For Kilmallock, Re-released
As the Decade of Centenaries draws to a close, Mercier Press have re-released two of its popular book on this period in Irish History. The Battle for Limerick City, by Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc tells of the...
View ArticleFlavin & Company, Italian warehousemen
Flavin & Company were based at 133 George Street from 1880 until at least 1892 when review was made of their business in Straten
View ArticleA Day in Limerick (1862) by Henry Robert Addison
The following extract shows one man’s view of Limerick in 1862. This section of text was included in the publication “Recollections of an Irish Police Magistrate” by Henry Robert Addison, formerly of...
View ArticleAn Unusual Execution in Limerick in 1799
The following is an extract from The Lady’s Magazine, London, April 1799 Limerick, April 8. A permanent court-martial has been sitting here since the 19th ult. On Friday, James and Patrick Mangane,...
View ArticleJames Quin on trial for murder, 1833
The Limerick Chronicle, dated August 3, 1833, contains an account of the trial of James Quin for the murder of Mary Knight. The incident occurred during a disturbance at the residence of a sex worker,...
View ArticleArthur Young’s 1770s view of Limerick
Arthur Young was born in 1741, the son of a clergy man in Suffolk, England. When he was thirty-five years old, he took a journey around Ireland which culminated in the publication of “A Tour in Ireland...
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