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River lives: Stories from the Shannon documented in new Limerick oral archive

FIRST-HAND accounts of life on the River Shannon as told by Limerick’s fishermen are to be heard for the first time in a new online oral history archive. Almost forty interviews have been recorded with fishermen and women, reed cutters and boat ...

15 May 2018 at 14:00

Nostalgia

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

Community

Tales of the Shannon waters: River’s stories are captured in Limerick film archive

THE fascinating stories of families in Limerick who earned their living along the banks of the River Shannon have been captured in a new film. The Estuary, telling the tale of those who fished - mostly salmon - from the city to the estuary ...

11 Apr 2018 at 13:04

Nostalgia

Limerick Police Force records now available to view online

RECORDS from the brief existence of the Limerick Police Force are now available online. Following a revamp of the online digital archives of Limerick City and County Council, a rare collection of the police records of 1922 can be viewed ...

09 Sept 2017 at 09:00

Local News

#SLIDESHOW: Past brought to new life through digitisation of Limerick Archives

Jacqui Hayes has the past at her finger tips. With the deftest of touches on her iPad, the archivist is able to pull up files from the 1880s on screen. It appears effortless, but staff in the archive department at Limerick City and ...

02 Sept 2017 at 14:00

What's On

Net cast wide for Limerick fishing documentary

LOCAL filmmakers are being invited to pitch for a short documentary on a key part of Limerick city and county’s riverside heritage. As part of the Creative Ireland Programme 2017-2022, the Council’s Limerick Archives are working ...

16 Jul 2017 at 09:00

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