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Members of Limerick’s Quaker community and others at the Quaker Burial Ground, Ballinacurra

IF WALLS COULD TALK: Business, benevolence and the Quaker legacy
Columnist Dr Paul O’Brien reflects on a small but significant group that shaped life for generations
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Modern-day Erson’s Lane in the city centre

IF WALLS COULD TALK: A forgotten merchant dynasty of Limerick

O’Connell Street showing the XL Café on the left, c.1890

IF WALLS COULD TALK: A taste of Limerick’s fascinating dining history

Picture from 2022 when Roden Street became Limerick’s first School Street as part of Safe Routes to School Programme. Since then saftety works have been carried out at number of schools

If Walls Could Talk: Limerick city street still home to educational excellence

Kensington House, London which it was stated that Denis P McCarthy was intent on buying

If Walls Could Talk: How a Limerick builder became one of the wealthiest men in ...

Kensington House, London which it was stated that Denis P McCarthy was intent on buying

If Walls Could Talk: How a Limerick builder became one of the wealthiest men in ...

Limerick's Quinlan Street, circa 1870

If Walls Could Talk! Quinlan Street - the shortest of the principal Limerick st...

Ringmoylan Pier in the fine weather Picture courtesy of Emmett O’Brien

If walls could talk: Ringmoylan has always had a special draw

Turn of the century life in Limerick | PICTURE: Karen Ievers

If Walls Could Talk! Welcome to Mill Road Manor

Summerville Cottage (formerly Laurel Hill Cottage)

If Walls Could Talk: Long-forgotten family left their mark on Limerick

If Walls Could Talk: Statue for Sarsfield a long time in the making

Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton and Mayor Francis Foley at the launch of the ‘School Street’ which has been implemented on Roden Street in the city | PICTURE: Don Moloney

If walls could talk: Old Limerick lane was once home to literary heavyweight Dr Paul O'Brien

Detail from a Lawrence photograph showing a busy Patrick Street, circa 1890 | National Library Ireland

If Walls Could Talk: Early Limerick newspaper ads are a snapshot of the times

Cannock's cease trading in 1980

If Walls Could Talk: Christmas meant Cannock’s in Limerick

Agnes Lady Nash by George Hare, RHA | Courtesy of Vincent Nash

If Walls Could Talk: A Lady of true dedication to public service in Limerick

If walls could talk! Old mill provides insight into our industrial heritage of L...

Cannock's cease trading in 1980

If Walls Could Talk: Divine decorator was based right here in Limerick

Dr Paul O'Brien explores the Lane Joynt family and the impact they left on medicine and local life

If walls could talk: Limerick surgeon was an early X-ray pioneer

If walls could talk: Artist’s life paints a picture of turbulent history

If walls could talk: Intriguing diary entry from start of the Civil War