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

Dr Paul O'Brien explores the life of Lady Nash who was affected deeply by the horrors of the First World War AGNES Nash spent a long and dedicated life challenging social disadvantage. She was active in a number of local and national charities and ...

05 Feb 2023 at 20:00

Columnists

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

Dr Paul O'Brien explores the life of an extraordinary, internationally-recognised artist whose family fled Russia and settled in Limerick, drawing parallels with the plight of Ukrainians forced to flee their homeland at the hands of the Russians ...

12 Nov 2022 at 18:00

Columnists

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

FROM the late eighteenth century, Limerick was home to a number of newspapers and periodicals which reported local, national and international news. While newspapers are an important source to gauge contemporary public and political opinion, ...

20 Feb 2023 at 14:51

Nostalgia

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

LOCATED between the Crescent and O’Connell Avenue, Quinlan Street is the shortest of the principal streets in Limerick city measuring approximately 121 feet in length. It contains only seven buildings. Despite its diminutive size, the ...

05 Sept 2023 at 18:28

Nostalgia

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

JUST a few weeks before it was due to be unveiled, a journalist writing in the Limerick Chronicle asked ‘when will the Sarsfield Memorial be erected, if it ever will be?’ This succinct question captured the mood of Limerick citizens ...

01 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Columns/Opinion

If Walls Could Talk! Welcome to Mill Road Manor

THE large manor houses dotted on and around the Mill Road in Corbally date from about 1796 when wealthy merchants, members of the clergy, army officers and the professional classes began to seek homes at a distance from the city. ...

14 May 2023 at 12:00

Nostalgia

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

"GLORIOUS Ringmoylan with his bracing air” is how a visitor described the scenes at the pier in 1933 during a hot summer day. The townland of Ringmoylan, in the parish of Pallaskenry is approximately 20km from Limerick city and ...

25 Jun 2023 at 20:00

Columns/Opinion

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

THE Lane Joynt family left an indelible mark on local government, medicine and the arts in Limerick and Dublin. William Lane Joynt, barrister, politician and government official was born in Limerick city in 1824. He married ...

25 Nov 2022 at 12:00

Columns/Opinion

If walls could talk! Old mill provides insight into our industrial heritage of Limerick city

Dr Paul O’Brien examines what remains of the old Plassey Mills and its place in Limerick’s industrial past A WELL-known Limerick landmark, now much reduced in stature, points to a vital link to the often-overlooked ...

21 Jan 2023 at 20:00

Nostalgia

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

WHEN Mrs Frances O’Farrell died at Laurel Hill Cottage, Victoria Terrace, South Circular Road, aged 80 in 1860, her obituary in the Limerick Reporter revealed fascinating details about her now long-forgotten ...

30 Apr 2023 at 11:00

Columns/Opinion

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

Dr Paul O'Brien takes a festive trip down memory lane to revisit the city department store where generations of Limerick families shopped FOR OVER 130 years locals and visitors shopped at Cannock’s of 134 ...

24 Dec 2022 at 20:00

Columns/Opinion

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

Dr Paul O’Brien paints a picture of the family who took advantage of the 19th Century church building boom For over 170 years, the well-known family business, J. Hodkinson and Sons has undertaken ...

06 Jan 2023 at 19:30

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