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'Yesteryears' book shows life of past decades in Limerick

A PICTURE is worth a thousand words, and an old picture is worth more. A new book titled Yesteryears, a Limerick Leader production, has been compiled from one of the most extensive archives in the region. A crowd gathered in Pery Square’s Culture ...

03 Apr 2017 at 07:00

Nostalgia

From the Limerick Leader archives: Copper hopes turned out to be a pipe dream

MINING in Lackamore dates back to prehistoric times. We know this because, as Mary Ryan explains in her article, “Mining in Lackamore and Killeen” in Echoes of the Hills (2013), two Bronze-Age mining mauls, now in the National Museum, were found ...

24 Apr 2017 at 13:00

Visual Arts

Local life through the lens of a Limerick Leader photographer

IMAGINE a world without pictures. The very first Limerick Leader, printed on Friday, August 9, 1889, was entirely in black and white, six columns down, across just four pages, without a single image to illuminate the page. It was a very staid, ...

06 Oct 2014 at 14:10

Nostalgia

Gems from Limerick Leader's photographic archives in new book

HUNDREDS of images documenting Limerick life over half a century have been included in a new publication by the Limerick Leader, which will be launched this Thursday evening. YesterYears, a 168-page compilation, of black and white images, ...

30 Mar 2017 at 16:23

Business

Former Limerick Leader editor to address Civic Trust business lunch

FORMER Limerick Leader editor Alan English is to address the summer business lunch of Limerick Civic Trust next week. The heritage group will host the event at No 1 Pery Square Hotel in the city centre, on Thursday, June 26 from 12.30pm. ...

20 Jun 2025 at 08:59

Nostalgia

From the Limerick Leader archives: Mariner Pat Lawless given hero's welcome

A MASSIVE hero’s welcome awaited Limerick yachtsman, Pat Lawless, as he sailed up the Shannon Estuary thirty years ago, having single-handedly crossed the Atlantic in the 26-foot yacht, the Iniscealtra. Sponsored by the Limerick Leader, ...

27 Aug 2017 at 13:00

Pictures & Videos

SLIDESHOW: Quick thinking stopped 1954 plane explosion at Shannon Airport

DID you know that the chances of you dying in a plane crash are one in 10.46 million? Or that in 2015 there were “only” three plane crashes that led to fatalities? Some 247 people died that year in airplane accidents. In the 1950s, ...

27 Feb 2017 at 17:35

Breaking News

From the Limerick Leader archives: Congo mission better paid than equipped

THERE has been a great response to our recent feature on the Irish Army’s exploits in the Congo in the early 1960s and this week we bring you further memories from that remarkable period in Irish military history with further ...

18 Apr 2017 at 17:12

Nostalgia

The last 'Dodo' is fondly remembered in her native Limerick

LIMERICK has had its fair share of characters over the years but perhaps one of the greatest was Mrs Nora Quirke, better known as Dodo Reddan. Many of us did not know her name when she walked among us but we could identify ...

08 Feb 2017 at 13:00

Sport

Leader archive special: Young Munster's runaway win in 1993

A WIN is a win is a win. That’s the best any of the newspaper correspondents could say about the 1993 semi-final of rugby’s Carling Munster Senior Cup between Young Munster of Limerick and Dolphin of Cork. It was a dour ...

15 Feb 2017 at 11:48

Nostalgia

Throwback Thursday: Pictures from the Limerick Leader archives

This week's Throwback Thursday gallery features people enjoying the good weather in 2010! Click 'Next' for more photographs and get tagging.

10 Feb 2022 at 22:30

Local News

From the Limerick Leader archives: Home from the Congo

IN the heat of an argument, did you ever hear anyone called a “Baluba”? Did you give the word a second thought? Probably not. For many of us, it is one of those words that has seeped into everyday usage (for those ...

28 Mar 2017 at 07:01

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