A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Brothers of Charity, charity walk at City Courthouse, May 1976
Bank of Ireland building, Askeaton, May 1976
Madsey Boutique fashion show at Deerpark Hotel, Charleville, May 1976
Presentation to Noel Dillon by County Council members and staff at Glentworth Hotel, May 1976
Presentation at Wyeth Ireland, Askeaton, to charities, May 1976
John Lee and Pat Joyce, Irish champion boxers, of St. John's Boxing Club, with their fathers, May 1976
Presentation of prizes for Southill Community Week, May 1976
Villiers Old Folks Home charity walk, The Courthouse, May 1976
Guinness golf outing at Limerick Golf Club with winner, Joe Mallon, May 1976
Croom Colleen Bawn Festival (Pat Fitzgerald's nagatives), May 1976
Dump at Landsdowne Bridge, May 1976
Carmel Murphy and Mary Blake from Tipperary at the Limerick Junction Races.
Racegoers at Limerick Junction Races.
Racegoers at Limerick Junction Races.
Helen Toomey Strandville Gardens O'Callaghan Strand Limerick.
Carmel Murphy and Mary Blake from Tipperary at the Limerick Junction Races.
Hillary and Linda Carroll at the Limerick Junction Races.
A sea of racegoers at the Limerick Junction Races.
Hillary and Linda Carroll at the Limerick Junction Races.
Mary Griffith from Waterford and Valerie Kelly from Limerick at the Limerick Junction Races.
Prospect recreational area
Prospect recreational area
Prospect recreational area
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Rory O'Loughlin, Irish dancer, in 1971 (photographed for Seamus Kennedy).
Limerick Lawn Tennis Club squash winners, 1976
Young Scientist of the Year winners from Laurel Hill, Helen Crowley and Susan Fennelly, 1976
Trudy's Boutique - photo shoot at People's Park for advertising feature in 1971.
Anna Manahan, Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Fianna Fail dinner dance at the Parkway Motel in 1970
Patrickswell versus Clarecastle in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Niall O'Shaughnessy, young athlete, 1970.
Susan Keyes, 1976
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 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.
Golden Spur Inn, Kilmallock, photographed for P.J. O'Donnell, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Kilmallock Gate in 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
Mount St. Lawrence Cemetery in 1971
Regional Development Programme for Industry at the Savoy Hotel in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, facade of Jon Louise Jewellers 1976
Presentation of Shamrock at Sarsfield Barracks in 1971, presumably in March,.
Photograph taken or Editor of Limerick Leader, 1971.
Search for body at Ardnacrusha, 1976
House for Ger Saunders in Dublin, 1971.
Winners of guitar competition at the Salesian Convent, Fernbank, in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Limerick v Drogheda in the replay of the FAI Cup at Dalymount Park in 1971.
Presentation of golf clubs at the International Hotel, Shannon, in 1971.
Boyd's interior, photographed for advertising, in 1971.
Joan McGarry, Salesian Convent, 1976
Old handcuffs for S�amus � Cinn�ide, 1976
Road Works on Sexton Street 1971
Near Lahinch, Co. Clare by Ger Saunders in 1971.
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Young Munsters versus Sundays Well in the Munster Senior Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's Hotel in 1971.
St. Michael's Rowing Club anniversary dinner at the Parkway, 1976
Claughan v Oola at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
Richard Mooney of the Dalton School of Dancing, winner of the Bennis Perpetual Trophy and Plaque, in 1971.
T. Corroon's Bar and Lounge,Buttevant, Co. Cork, photographed for M.J. Hayes, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Cork Constituion v Bohemians in the Munster Cup, Thomond Park, 1971.
Wedding (Brian), 1971.
Kingston's Menswear photographed for an advertising feature in 1971.
O'Connell St., Limerick City, photographed using 200m lens in 1971.
Garryspillane dinner at the Royal George Hotel in 1971
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Pat Hanrahan, Old Christian's GAA Club Star, 1970
Killaloe yachting, May 1976
ICMSA protest entering Limerick City along Dublin Road in 1971.
C.I.E. presentations and switching on of Christmas lights at Colbert Station in 1971.
Mrs. Frances Quillinan, Senior Architect, Limerick City Council 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.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Spanish Point, 1971
The Limerick Inn Hotel, photographed in 1971.
Bruff dinner in London in 1970
Table photographed for the Thomond Cabinet Factory in 1971.
Interior view of Hanratty's Hotel, Glentworth Street, Limerick, photographed in 1970.
Limerick versus Offaly at the Gaelic Grounds in 1971.
House photographed for Mr. Fitzgerald, Hurler's Cross, in 1971.
Villiers School in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
John B Keane, author, playwright and long-time columnist with the Limerick Leader, at home in Listowel in 1971.
Wallace Shoe Shop, premises at 2/3, Lower Henry Street, Limerick, photographed in 1971 for Begley Bourke Ltd., Auctioneers, in preparation for sale.
Winners of Under 5/6 Speech Drama from the Salesian Convent in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Feile na Maighe Reception at Croom in 1971
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.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
C.B.S. past pupils dinner at Parkway Motel in 1970
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.