Emigrants to Australia had to travel the whole way across the world on ships such as these
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18/07/2018
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Emigrants to Australia had to travel the whole way across the world on ships such as these
Mayor Jack Danagher, presents the Freedom of Limerick to President Kenneth Kaunda, with Dr H Murphy, Bishop of Limerick, Dr Wyse-Jackson C. of I. Bishop and Chief Supt E Reynolds
Museum founder Margaret O’Shaughnessy with Minister of State Patrick O’Donovan viewing the collection Picture: Oisin McHugh/True Media
Charlie Chaplin and his wife Oona admiring the thatched cottages of Adare in April 1962
Angela McCourt’s great-grandchildren visit the Frank McCourt Museum - Adrian, Reilly, Cassidy and Gillian Pictures: Adrian Butler
The late, great John F Kennedy visited Bruff in 1947, research has revealed
Pictured at the reception to honour Sharon Slater were Cllr Frankie Daly, metropolitan mayor Sean Lynch, Cllrs Marian Hurley and James Collins Picture: Press 22
Johnny Hayes wearing his lucky number 26 on his team uniform during the 1908 Olympics
Grace Kelly starred in film for only five years but in those five years she left a legacy of classics that still stand up today
The Municipal Technical Institute on O'Connell Avenue, known locally as the Red Tech, opened in 1911. It is pictured here in 1964
A view of the Treaty Stone as captured by the Limerick Leader in 1976
The eighth annual cage birds show was held in the Connolly Hall in October 1964. Mayor of Limerick Cll Jack Danagher presented the cup to Willie Coffey after his Yorkshire canary was chosen
Brendan O’Regan with J.C. Lynch and Tom Callanan reviewing model of Ireland’s first industrial estate at Shannon July 1958
Nessan O'Donoghue, Peter Sadlier, Luke McMullen, Patricia Valarkodi, Isabelle Binchy and Teresa Hayes pictured with the carvings this week | Picture: Michael Cowhey
The city was falling apart: Collapsing houses were not restricted to the Irishtown area of the city. In October 1964, a house collapsed on Little William Street
Historian Sharon Slater and Matthew Ben, Curragower boatclub, at the launch of the archive. Below, Jacqui Hayes, Limerick Archives Pictures: Oisin McHugh/True Media
The Presentation Order was founded by Nano Nagle, a Cork native who joined religious life in 1776, the bicentennial which was marked in 1976 with a series of events including a school pageant
The Limerick Docks were the last stop for Christopher Bunting before he left Limerick in the 1850s, never to return
Limerick's Catherine Hayes performed her home city debut at the Theatre Royal in 1849
A girl with a monkey on her back at the Limerick Show in August 1978
The old courthouse on Bridge Street, where the trial of the Collins brothers took place
Erection of the drilling works at Michael O'Grady's farm, Oola Hills, Oola in 1962
Askeaton’s Desmond Castle
The Granary was built in 1787 by Philip Roche. It is pictured here in 1998. Below, the Chronicle records the death of William Roche
Limerick Flying Club members’ planes pictured at Coonagh Airfield in October 1971
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh exiting his hotel in Limerick Picture: Owen South
Limerick gardai are investigating after a ‘large sum’ was stolen from US tourist who fell ill
Cllr Michael Hourigan claims the Condell Road site must be 'mixed development'
celebrates with staff afterTesco staff in Dooradoyle celebrate selling a €500,000 EuroMillions Plus top prize Picture: Mac Innes
JP McManus: One of the owners of the Barchester Healthcare group Picture: Sportsfile
Before and after: Jeffery Tobin and Áine O’Keeffe at the headshaving event for Rape Crisis Mid-West
2017 Limerick SFC winners Adare
Natasha McNeil, found safe and well
Limerick punter beats Monday blues as 50 cent bet returns thousands
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