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Foreign or domestic, the Limerick Chronicle carried the news - when it could get it

THE summer of 1847, at the height of the famine period a year that became known as “Black 47”, the front page of the Chronicle of July 17 highlighted the relief effort by the Society of Friends. Among their donations were four sacks of Indian meal, ...

15 Mar 2018 at 13:30

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Limerick Chronicle files: City jeweller shines at astronomy

RICHARD Wallace was a silversmith and jeweller in Limerick city from at least 1832 until 1841, when he had a partnership with H Smith. On June 1, 1841, Wallace opened his new store in George Street (O’Connell Street) where he had an observatory ...

20 Jul 2018 at 13:30

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Limerick Chronicle files: Early drivers had a need for speed

THE turn of the last century saw the arrival of the motorcar into Limerick. As with the stagecoaches from the previous century, these vehicles changed, how people used the roads in the city. The registration of motor vehicles began in Limerick ...

25 Mar 2018 at 18:30

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Limerick Chronicle files: Pomp and ceremony as Lord Lieutenant visits in 1809

THE role of Lord Lieutenant of Ireland established in 1690 and was abolished in 1922. He was considered the representative of the King in Ireland. Officially, Lords Lieutenant were appointed for no set term but in practice they were usually ...

30 Mar 2018 at 13:00

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Limerick Chronicle files: Election ballad lands famous poet in court

THE act of slandering your political opponent is not a new phenomenon. In 1865, a case was brought to the Limerick Quarter Sessions, not by the man slandered, but by the bards not paid for performing the slander. Today, the name of Michael ...

23 Jul 2018 at 12:56

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Limerick Chronicle files: New bridge in the 1930s helps fuel city’s expansion

THE bridge connecting Limerick city centre and Corbally is a unique structure as it was constructed mostly with concrete. When the bridge was being built from 1929 to 1931, concrete was plentiful in the city, following the completion of ...

18 Jul 2018 at 13:27

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Limerick Chronicle files: Digging up the past as Canadian company sees mining potential

IN 1962, Priority Drilling, a Canadian mining company spent twenty-four hours drilling into Oola Hills, Oola, in search of ore. The borehole was located a short distance away from the old copper mine, which had closed in the 1890s. In ...

02 May 2018 at 13:00

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Limerick Chronicle files: Timothy Collopy had a true talent that was a gift from God

LIMERICK has always had strong ties to art, with locally born artists becoming household names, such as Sean Keating. This legacy of art stretches back generations to artists who were famous in their lifetimes but are less known ...

11 Apr 2018 at 14:30

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Limerick Chronicle files: Adare captivates Charlie Chaplin on Irish visit

ADARE has always been a favourite spot for tourists to Limerick. The story of the visit in 1961 of Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier III of Monaco to Adare was shared in the May 5, 2018 issue of the Limerick Chronicle Saturday. ...

13 Jul 2018 at 12:00

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Limerick Chronicle files: Brothers’ stirring account of emigrants’ terrible sea journey

In August 1963, the Chronicle ran a four part series with extracts from the journal of two Limerick brothers who had travelled from Ireland to Australia 100 years before. The brothers were Hamilton George and Mark ...

17 Jul 2018 at 18:30

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Limerick Chronicle files: A little story about a man, a dog and a monkey

JOHN Goggin, the man with the silver teeth and a monkey, was the local protagonist of many very strange and intriguing stories that graced the pages of the Limerick newspapers in the mid-nineteenth century. In ...

05 May 2018 at 16:00

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Limerick Chronicle files: City’s big aerial display ends in tragedy

ON July 7, 1933, Sir Alan Conham’s air squadron arrived in Limerick from Cork on a two-day visit to Ballycummin Castle. Although this air show was highly anticipated and widely appreciated in the Limerick ...

24 Apr 2018 at 06:03

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