A snapshot of the 1970s, brought to you by archivists, artists and the Limerick Leader.
Timeline
Happy Homecoming... Tiny Tim with his owner, Noel Clancy and Noel's brother Gerard.
Opening of Burlington Industries factory premises at Clonlara, Co. Clare, May 1976
Jemni Productions at Town Hall in 1971
Limerick Soccer Team arrives back in Limerick with the F.A.I. Cup in 1971.
Last train from Limerick to Claremorris, 1976
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Protestors against the visit of the Lord Mayor of London to the Town Hall in 1971.
Fedamore dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1970,featuring presentation of Clohessy Perpetual Cup.
Salesian Convent winners of drama competition at Feile Luimni (dance) in 1971.
Power supply station at Carrickerry in 1971.
Interior view of Hanratty's Hotel, Glentworth Street, Limerick, photographed in 1970.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Mungret G.A.A. Dance at Parkway Motel in 1971.
ICMSA general meeting at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Side view of Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Students' Protest March in O'Connell Street in 1971.
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Valerie Brady, first in the All Ireland held at the Mansion House in Dublin in 1971.
Firefighters at Pat Cullen Plant on the Ballysimon Road in 1971.
Kildimo Drama Group in 1971.
View of Shannon Grove House, Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick (Dick Naughton, Limerick Leader) 1970.
Mrs Tom Flanagan, 1971.
Presentation to rugby players bound for New Zealand at Garryowen R.C., 1976
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Clounanna Coursing Meeting in 1971.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Spanish Point, 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.
Houses for sale in Ballysheedy and Castletroy
P. Reeves in 1971 (photographed for Dick Naughton).
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Prison Officers' dinner at the Greenhills Hotel, 1976
Rosary Hill Convent pictures of Youth Group
Lecture on dairy technology at Cruise's Hotel in 1971.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
Emerald Carpets Staff Dinner at Geary's Hotel in 1971.
New Munster and Leinster Bank premises on O'Connell Street in 1971.
Jock Leahy of Banard Stud Farm, Abbeyfeale, in 1971.
Corporation Cleaning Department dinner at Savoy Hotel, 1976
Drinking Water, photographed for Editor in 1971.
Young man phtotograhed for Hotspur in 1971.
Young Scientist of the Year winners from Laurel Hill, Helen Crowley and Susan Fennelly, 1976
Killaloe in 1971
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Photos taken at Gallows Hill near Cratloe, Co. Clare, in 1971.
Shannonside Offices, photographed for Christmas Card in 1970.
Mallow Street, photographed for Begley Bourke, Auctioneers, in 1971.
Boys photographed for Br. Perkins in 1971.
Deirdre Leddin, staff of Limerick Leader, 1970.
Students and Mr. Ruddock, headmaster, in the grounds of Villiers School in 1971.
Claughan Annual Dinner at the Parkway Motel in 1971.
JFK School v St. Brendan's at the Gaelic Grounds, 1971.
Limerick's dinner in London in 1970.
Snow Scenes from Limerick and Clare in 1971.
Lord Mayor of London at the Town Hall 1971 with Mayor Liddy
Teddy Gael, 1971.
Limerick AFC training for FAI Cup Final at the Markets Field in 1971.
Chairs photographed for the Thomond Supply Comapny in 1970.
Mayor Steve Coughlan visits O'Meara's and Clover Meats in 1971
Garryowen versus Monaleen challenge match at Monaleen grounds in 1971
Wedding of Mary McAuliff at Abbeyfeale Church in 1971.
Triumph Spitfire taken in 1970
Lahinch, Co. Clare, in 1971
Pub in Ballyagran, photographed for adversitisng feature in 1971.
Exterior shot of Limerick Savings Bank in 1971
Limerick v Bohemians in the 2nd Round of the FAI Cup at the Markets Field in 1971.
Safety First Awards at Cement Factory, 1976
Planting of Trees at St Patrick's Well in 1971.
Annual meeting of the Builders Federation at the Parkway Motel 1971.
Dinner for Limerick Soccer Team at Cruise's Hotel in 1971 with Al Finucane and Mayor Liddy, holding the FAI Cup and Mrs. Pat O'Malley in the foreground.
Presentation to Sean Byrnes by Fairview Soccer Club in 1971.
Opening of new church at Dooradoyle in 1971.
Garryowen versus Cork Cons in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Regional Health Committee at Royal George Hotel in 1970
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.
Guinness Reception for the Limerick Soccer Team at the Shannon Arms Hotel in 1971.
Spanish Point, 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.
Staff of the National Bank of Ireland 1971
Two girls at Shannonside Offices, O'Connell Street, in 1971.
Hockey, Munster versus Ulster at the Catholic Institute, Rosbrien, in 1971.
Eamon de Valera at ceremonies at St. John's Cathedral in 1971.
Tom Hayes, Coursing Cups, 1971.
Sexton Street C.B.S. gaelic football team at the Gaelic Grounds in 1970.
Crescent Shopping Centre, 1976
St Mary's Confraternity dinner dance at Parkway Motel in 1971
Monaleen G.A.A. dinner dance in 1971.
O'Connell's Supermarket opens at the Fairgreen in 1971 (photographed for an advertising feature).
Presentation by Mr.Tom O'Donnell to the retiring manager of the Munster and Leinster Bank, O'Connell Street, in 1971.
Limerick and Killaloe in 1971
Garryowen versus Shannon in the Munster Cup at Thomond Park in 1971.
Winners of hampers at St George's Bar in 1971.
Limerick versus Finn Harps at the Markets Field in 1971.
Opening of a school, location unknown,.
Eddie Hant of Kingston's, a menswear shop, Patrick Street, Limerick, in 1971.