The Old Limerick Journal, contents of vols. 36-42

[contents of vols. 1-27] [contents of vols. 28-35]

Vol. 36, Winter 1999

The Limerick Municipal Elections, January 1899 by Enda McKay (1,139 Kb); The Munster Fusiliers in the South African War [Boer War] 1899-1902, part 3 by D (472 Kb)es Ryan; James McMahon of Mount Mungret - a Timber Merchant by Morgan McCloskey (752 Kb); Two Obituaries of the Bard of Thomond (1832-1899) (424 Kb); Limerick Volunteers 1776-1793 by Kieran Kennedy (813 Kb); The Night of the Big Wind by Gerard Curtin (581 Kb); A brave slave, Robert St. George by John Curtin; The Irish Brigades in the South African War [Boer War] 1899-1902 by Des Ryan (310 Kb); From Limerick to Van Diemen’s Land: Transportation at work by Richard Davis; More Urban Townlands, part 2 - Mount Kennett, Courtbrack and Corcanree by Tony B (618 Kb)rowne; The Coopers of Limerick: A Craft of the Past by Morgan McCloskey (428 Kb); Limerick Turkish Baths by Tom Donovan (439 Kb); Abolition and Reinstatement of the Limerick Night Watch, 1898-99 compiled by Lar (954 Kb)ry Walsh; Reminiscences of Old Limerick by Ernest H. Bennis (751 Kb).

Vol. 37, Summer 2001

Quakers in Limerick by Phil Lovett (930 Kb); O'Maras of Limerick and their Overseas Businesses by Morgan McCloskey (562 Kb); The Last Crusade: Limerick's Role in the Spanish Civil War by Barrie Wharton & D (753 Kb)es Ryan; The Celtic cross at Limburg an der Lahn: a sentimental journey by Anthony O’Brien; The Norwegian emigrant ship Hannah Parr at Limerick, 1868 by Claire O. Haugen and Jim Overdahl; Letters to Colorado by Finn Deloughry; Songs of agrarian strife by Pat Feeley; The efforts of Sir Richard Bourke in promoting national education in Ireland and New South Wales, 1828-1855 by Max Waugh; Eyre Lloyd’s Boer War Diary by Tony Browne; Hungarians in Limerick, 1956-1958 by Des Ryan (670 Kb); P. W. Joyce's Published Works on Irish Placenames by Pat Feeley (281 Kb); Killalee's Historic Graveyard by Frank Prendergast (357 Kb); Limerick Divided by the Act of Union by John Curtin (445 Kb).

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Vol. 38, Winter 2002

The Fourth Siege of Limerick: Civil War, July 1922, by P. J. Ryan, part 1 (1,786 Kb), part 2 (2,058 Kb), part 3 (2,052 Kb); Men of mangles, 1822 by Valerie Thompson; West Limerick reminiscences by Pat Feeley ; A tale of two unions : John O’Ryan and the Limerick Operative House Painters Society, 1908 by Charles Callan; The Jews, Fr. Creagh and the Mayor's Court of Conscience by Des Ryan (523 Kb); Padraig O’Keeffe: The last fiddle master by Pat Feeley; Richard O’Gorman in Limerick, 1848 by Laurence Fenton; Tennyson at Kilkee and other Munster tours, 1842-1878 by Thomas J. Byrne.

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Vol. 39, Winter 2003

The Volunteers, the 1916 Rising and its Aftermath by P. J. Ryan (2,109 Kb); Limerick and the Victoria Cross by Patrick McNamara (382 Kb); The pope's emigrants by Des Ryan; We had a song to sing o by Anthony O'Brien; The Sack of Viking Limerick by Lenore Fischer (1,154 Kb); The chronicles of a gay Gordon by Joseph M. Gordon;. Richard O'Gorman in Limerick, 1848: a further note by Laurence Fenton; From Dooradoyle to the Elysee Palace : the life and times of Marie Edme Patrice Maurice McMahon, Duc de Magenta (1808-1893) by Dr. Matthew Potter; Religion and social conflict during the Protestant Crusade in West Limerick, 1822-49 by Gerard Curtin; The reminiscences of Dave Flynn of Mountcollins, Co. Limerick by Pat Feeley.

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Vol. 40, Summer 2004

Opposition to the Boer War, Limerick, 1899-1902 by Des Ryan (1,011 Kb); A Riot in Limerick, 1848 by Laurence Fenton (655 Kb); Remembering Professor King-Griffin by Eoin Devereux (502 Kb); Travellers' impressions: Castleconnell and Killaloe, 1914 by Burton E. Stevenson; Two opinions of Limerick by Brian Hodkinson; The Brunswick Clubs: Rise, Contradictions and Abyss by Alan Phylan (1,186 Kb); The agricultural labourer in County Limerick by Pat Feeley; William Smith O'Brien and Cahermoyle by Laurence Fenton (312 Kb); Limerick Recipients of the Victoria Cross: John Danagher and Nathaniel Burselm b (469 Kb)y Patrick F. McNamara; Tragedy at Laurel Hill, 1895 by Sharon Clancy (423 Kb); Abbeyfeale reminiscences: Jerome Murphy and The Sport Murphy - interviews with Pat Feeley, 1978; People from Loughill and Shanagolden D.E.D.s in Glin and Rathkeale workhouses, 1851 by Chris O'Mahony; The young hussar (Lord Fitzgibbon) from the statue by P. MacDowell.

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Vol. 41, Winter 2005

The Blueshirts in Limerick 1932-1936 by Des Ryan (1,437 Kb); A Limerick Pianist [George Alexander Osborne] Remembered by Morgan McCloskey (356 Kb). The loss of the schooner, Undine by Tom Donovan. Travellers' impressions: Limerick and Adare, 1914 by Burton C. Stevenson; Cahara House tragedy by Tom Donovan; Fr. John Creagh C.S.S.R., Social Reformer 1870-1947 by Des Ryan (423 Kb); The Catholic Institute Athletic Club, Rosbrien by Ralph McMahon; Two 1841 shipping disasters by Tom Donovan; Visitors impressions: John Harden, 1797. The Tragic Death of Constable Patrick Sheahan D.M.P. by Tom Donovan (407 Kb).

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Vol. 42, Winter 2006

Know ye not that lovely river [poem] by Gerald Griffin; The Shamrock League by Des Ryan; Luke and Edward Hartigan - casualties of World War One by Alan Johnson; Bedford Row Lying-in Hospital 1812-1975 by Terry Forristal; Creating a noble past: the design of Glenstal Castle 1836-1861 by Marion D. McGarry; Some memories of Bishop Graves by Gerald O'Carroll; Opposition to the payment of tithes in west Limerick 1821-1838 by Gerard Curtin; How Queen Victoria's death was received in Limerick by Denis O'Shaughnessy; St. Mary's All-Ireland Fife and Drum Band, Limerick by Patrick F. McNamara; R.I.C. consolidation in Limerick 1919-1921 by Tom Toomey; Memories of 1930s Dublin by Tadhg Murphy; Eleanor McGhie by Sharon Clancy.

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