Volumes 21 - 30

Vol. 21
 

 Vol. 21, Autumn 1987

 Contents

The Granary by Jim Kemmy
150 years of Limerick gas
A Forgotten Limerick Genius [Sylvester O'Halloran] by Kevin Hannan
Some Limerick Print Workers by W. W. Gleeson
Limerick Night Watch 1807-1853 by Chris O'Mahony
A History of the Christian Brothers in Limerick, part 1 by Richard Ahern
The Second Munsters 1914-1918, part 3 by Des Ryan
Memories of Henry Street by Gerry Gallivan
Mick Quilligan's pub by Finbarr Crowe
A journey to an All-Ireland by C. B. McKernan
Old Carey's Road by Paddy Moloney
The Rockite Uprising in Co. Limerick - 1821 by Pat Feeley
A letter for posterity by Michael McCarthy

 

Vol. 22
  

Vol. 22 Christmas 1987

Contents 

An Introduction to Limerick History by Jim Kemmy
A sense of place by Paddy Lysaght
Limerick - behind closed doors by Finbar Crowe
Mary Lavelle by Jose maria de Areilza translated by John Liddy
Mick Quilligan's by Kevin Hannan
Echoes and reflections (ed.)
How Lord Edward Street got its name by W. W. Gleeson

A History of the Christian Brothers in Limerick, part 2 by Richard Ahern (1,053 Kb)
Mourning the Martyrs: a Study of a Demonstration in Limerick City by Breandan Mac Giolla Choille

Vol. 23
 

Vol. 23 Australia Ed. 1988

Contents

Wild Geese [poem] by Tim Lehane
Limerick and Australia
Acknowledgements
The Aborigines : the original Australians by Des Ryan
The establishment, the forces of law and order and transportation of Rockites by Pat Feeley
Sir Richard Bourke: His Life and Work by Hazel King
The O'Hallorans in South Australia by Kevin Hannan
The early Catholic missionaries to Australia by Jeremiah Newman
Thomas Spring Rice and the Peopling of Australia by David Fitzpatrick
Major Pery Baylee by E. R. Pretyman
James Raymond : postmaster-general by Vivienne Parsons
John Hurley : pastoralist and politician by Martha Rutledge
Judge Samuel Bindon by David Potts
Sir Richard Bourke: Irish and Colonial Liberal by Bob Reece
Sir Terence Aubrey Murray by Alan Fitzgerald
Balancing the sexes by Chris O'Mahony
Dr. Richard Thomas Tracy by Frank M. C. Forster
William Smith O'Brien in Van Diemen's Land 1849-1854 by John Cussen
The Taits in Limerick and Melbourne by Jim Kemmy
Lola Montez Down Under by Michael McCarthy
The McMahon diary by Bill McInerney
William Ievers : old scenes revisited by Richard Reid
Anthony Lefroy : public servant by G. G. Lefroy
Rev. Francis Hales [from the Australian Dictionary of Biography]
Catherine Hayes: Operatic Soprano by Dennis Shoesmith
Dr. John Gunson by Sally O'Neill
Martin Hogan and the Catalpa Rescue by Eamon McDermott
The widow Mulcahy : from the Golden Vale to the Goulburn Valley by Thomas Patric
Paddy Hannan from Quin : pioneer of the Golden Mile by Michael MacMahon
Archbishop James Duhig: Limerick 1871-Brisbane 1965 by T. P. Boland
Patrick Francis Hanran : merchant and politician by J. C. Proud
Henry King : public servant and parliamentarian
Bishop James Corbett : freeman of Limerick by Monica Starke
James Dalton : mayor of Orange and Papal Knight by Martha Rutledge
Brendan Bracken: the Emergence of an Imperialist by Patsy Harrold
Fr. John Creagh in the Kimberleys by S. J. Boland
Historical walkabout : exploring links by W. W. Gleeson & Jim Kemmy
Some Limerick Palatines: Looking for Family History in Ireland by Bob Reece
The Irish in Australia - Patrick O'Farrell : review article by R. B. Haslam
John and James Toohey : brewers by G. P. Walsh
John Finnerty : magistrate by Ted Mayman
Sr. Katherine Mulquin by Katherine Dunlop Kane
James Patrick Garvan by Bede Nairn
Trooper Thomas Downey : from Sydney to the Somme by Richard Ahern
De Valera in Australia: 1948 by Patrick O'Farrell
Up-and-under : some rugby ties by Karl Johnston
James Vincent Duhig : rationalist by C. A. C. Leggett


 

Vol. 24 

 Vol. 24, Winter 1988 (Barringtons' Ed.)

Contents

The Barrington Normans of Limerick [poem] by Desmond O'Grady
A family's contribution
Acknowledgements
The Barringtons of Limerick by Dom Hubert Janssens de Varebeke
Sir Matthew Barrington: 1788-1861: the Real Founder of Barrington's Hospital by Mark Tierney
Health Services in Limerick in the early 19th century by Susan Connolly
Dr. John Geary and Dr. Wm. John Geary, 1779-1853 by M. E. Gleeson
Social conditions and medical services before 1830 by Frances Twomey
The Origins and Early Years of Barrington's Hospital by Mark Tierney
Doctors differ by Jim Kemmy (439 Kb)
The Barrington's and the Pery Square Tontine Company by Mark Tierney
The 1832 Cholera Epidemic by Kevin Hannan
The Mont De Piété by Mark Tierney
Gifts to the citizens by Kevin Hannan
Glenstal Castle by Mark Tierney and John Cornforth
The Barringtons and their tenants by Donal Ryan
Housing and Social Conditions: 1830-1940 by Jim Kemmy
When hospital closure threatened: 1879 by Richard Ahern
'Bring him to Barrington's' by Kevin Hannan
The sporting Barringtons by Karl Johnston
A farmer's pleasure garden
A Glenstal boyhood by Fitzwilliam Barrington
Florence Barrington in Russia, 1917 by B. S. Faloon
Some recollections by W. W. Gleeson
The Death of Winifred Barrington: Tragedy at Coolboreen by Kevin Hannan
The Irish Hospitals' Sweepstake and Barrington's Hospital, 1931 - 1937 by Mark Tierney
The Barrington dogs: Irish water spaniels by Mary-Rose Barrington-Manuel
A letter to Sir Charles Barrington from William T. Cosgrave
Dr. Sarah O'Malley by Patsy Harrold
The Staff of Barrington's Hospital 1900-1988 by Robert Holmes
Michael Roberts by Jim Kemmy
Sr. Joan Bluett by Kevin Hannan
Nurse Lily Flanagan by David Hanly
The Closure of a Hospital: as Seen by the Press by Frank Hamilton

 

Vol. 25
 

 Vol. 25, Summer 1989 (French Ed.)

Contents

Il y a des mots qui font vivre / There are words full of hope [poem] by Paul Eluard
Limerick and France
Acknowledgements
Three Arthurs by Kevin Hannan
France, O Bruadair and Sir John Fitzgerald by Michael Hartnett
The Moloneys of Kiltanon by Kevin Hannan
Limerick and France during the Jacobite War of 1689-1691 by Sheila Mulloy
A 1690 poem by Jim Kemmy and Chris O’Mahony
Joseph O'Halloran, S.J. by Kevin Hannan
Dean Terence O’Shaughnessy by Mark Tierney and Ignatius Murphy
The timetable of revolution
The first modern revolution by A. J. P. Taylor
The powder-keg that blew by Martin Kettle
The fall of the Bastille by Richard Hayes
The revolution: how it was reported in the Limerick Chronicle by Larry Walsh
The strange career of the man from Ennis: James Bartholomew Blackwell by Hugh Gough
James Burke: priest and revolutionary by Des Ryan
James Roche by Jim Kemmy
The Meade brothers by John de Courcy Ireland
The Irish Brigade and Freemasonry by Richard Hayes
The French Revolution and modern politics by Brian Fitzpatrick
A grave in Kilmurry by Kevin Hannan
The declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen by B. S. Faloon
Coquebert de Montbret's impressions of Limerick 1790 by Síle Ní Chinnéide
A Frenchman's walk through Limerick 1796 by Chevalier de La Tocnaye
Major-General Oliver Harty in Brittany 1799-1800 by F. W. Van Brock
The Defences of Ireland 1793-1815: the Shannon Estuary by Paul M. Kerrigan
George Geary Bennis by Jim Kemmy
The French MacMahons by Denis MacMahon
The Marencourt cup by Jim Kemmy
A survey of the reports of French consuls in Ireland 1814-1929 by Mark Tierney
A brief history of Quimper by Martin Chappell
How Quimper became the capital of Finistere by Herve Glorennec
Quimper – as seen by The Graphic 1870-71
Walter Osborne in Quimper and Pont-Aven 1883 by Jeanne Sheehy
Laurel Hill: a French Foundation by Richard Ahern
The Franco-Irish Ambulance Brigade 1870-71 by Michael McCarthy
The land war: a Paris pamphlet by Paul Rowlandson
Norman Garstin: a Limerick Artist in France 1882-86 by Julian Campbell
The McMahon diary: a Clareman in Paris 1888 by Bill McInerney
Dermod O'Brien: a Paris Apprenticeship by Julian Campbell
A visit to Paris 1890 by William Ievers
The Limerick Visit of Fr. Raus 1904 by Des Ryan
The Munster Fusiliers in France 1914-1918 by Des Ryan
Dr. Richard Hayes: 'Limerick's Most Distinguished and Enthusiastic Francophile'
From Limerick to the Left Bank by Desmond O’Grady
The style of Jean-Pierre Rives by Karl Johnston
Biographical Dictionary of Limerickmen in France by Richard Hayes
Limerick Jesuits in France by Francis Finegan
Glossary of French terms

 

Vol. 26
 

 Vol. 26, Winter 1989

Contents

Exiled memory '57 / Making a comeback: 1960 [poem] by Jim Kemmy
A milestone in cement
Arthur's Quay by Jim Kemmy
Limerick in 1689 by Richard Ahern
The Promotion of a Limerick Linen Industry 1760-1763 by Patrick J. O'Connor
The Corbally District by Kevin Hannan
Limerick's Campaign for a University 1838-1845 by Pat Kearney
John M. O'Cahill of Templeglantine and Pentwater, Michigan by Alf MacLochlainn
Patrick Bonaventure Kennedy O.F.M. 1855-1924 by Bartholomew Egan
A place remembered by Cicely Forde
Memories of The Savoy by Anthony Riordan
Potatoes, Turf and Fireside Chats: Muintir na Tire and the 'Emergency' in Limerick by Eoin Devereux
Childhood holidays by Desmond O'Grady
Longpavement and the Line to the West by Paddy Clear
An Arthur's Quay Christmas by Frank Hamilton


 

 

Vol. 27
 

 Vol. 27, Autumn 1992

Contents

The Devil's address to the merchants of Limerick by Seán Ó Faoláin
City of bells
The District of Thomondgate by Kevin Hannan
Daniel Defoe and the Palatines by Peter Hutchinson
A pioneering policeman [Major Willcocks] by Pat Feeley
The Nolans and Costelloes of Listowel, Limerick and Calgary by Padraig/Padraig Og de Bhaldraithe
The nightwalker [poem] by Gerald Griffin
Some Limerick links with Australia by Richard Reid
A letter to Lord Monteagle
The death of Martin Cherry by Jim Kemmy
Archbishop Daniel Mannix by James Griffin
The Parteen Eviction by Michael McCarthy
The Limerick Distillery in 1886 by Richard Ahern
Michael Joyce: Squarerigger, Shannon Pilot and M.P. by Brian Donnelly
Towards a university for Limerick, 1934-1972 by Pat Kearney

 

Vol. 28
 

 Vol. 28, Winter 1990 (Siege Ed.)

Contents

Social Life in the City by Richard Ahern
From Limerick [poem] by John Francis O'Donnell
Ending the siege mentality
Acknowledgements
Ireland and Jacobitism by Richard Hayes
The European dimension by Liam Irwin
James II, King of Ireland by Keith and Maureen Haight
The French navy at the time of the Williamite war by John de Courcy Ireland
Williamite peace tactics, 1690-1, part 1 by J. G. Simms
Social Life in the City by Richard Ahern
A descriptive poem on Limerick in 1690 by Michael Lloyd and Eamon O’Flaherty
The Topography of the Siege by Kevin Hannan
The armies of James and William by Margaret O’Dea and Ray Walsh
Patrick Sarsfield, part 1 by Michael McCarthy
The siege of Limerick, 1690 by J. G. Simms
Eye-witness and contemporary accounts: introduction by Larry Walsh
Diary of the Siege of Limerick from contemporary sources by Larry Walsh
Report on the fortifications of Limerick, 1685 by Thomas Phillips
The report
The journal of John Stevens introduced by Larry Walsh
A true and impartial history by George Story, introduction by Larry Walsh
Limerick and France during the Jacobite War of 1689-1691, pt. 2 by Sheila Mulloy
The Jacobite wars: some Danish sources by John Jordan
The Danish force at Limerick, 1690 by Kevin Danaher and J. G. Simms
Letters of Jean Payen de la Fouleresse to the king of Denmark
A Jacobite narrative
Dutch sources for the Williamite campaign in Ireland by W. Troost
The Dutch at Limerick by Pieter Tesch
The destruction of Cyprus by Charles O’Kelly
Southwell – Nottingham correspondence
Dr. George Clarke: letters and autobiography
Memoirs of the Duke of Berwick introduction by Larry Walsh
Journal of the Rev. Rowland Davies
Dumont de Bostaquet & the Huguenots at Limerick by Harman Murtagh & Michael O’Dwyer
Rapin de Thoyras: Huguenot soldier by Larry Walsh
A wayward wild goose: Peter Drake’s memoir of the Siege by Jim Kemmy
From the diary of Gédéon Bonnivert by Robert H. Murray
Letters of Mr. D. Campbell to Sir Arthur Rawdon
Letter from Mr. Theophilus Harrison to the Rev. John Strype
Le Fleming manuscripts
Military transactions in Limerick, 1690 by Robert Parker
Memoirs of Brigadier-General Robert Stearne
Hastings manuscripts
Diary of Colonel Thomas Bellingham
A diary of the siege of Limerick by Samuel Mullenaux introduced by Larry Walsh
King William’s speech to Parliament, 2 Oct, 1690
Sarsfield's Ride by Michael McCarthy
Echoes of Galloping Hogan by Tim Lehane
The Walls of Limerick by Kevin Hannan
Gunmoney and the Limerick Mint by Gerard Rice
The Duc de Lauzun by Louis de Saint-Simon (translated by Lucy Norton)
Fact and Fancy: Story and Storytellers of 1690 by Kevin Hannan
The siege: Limerick, 1690 by Lord Macaulay
Glossary
A prospect of Limerick from Story's 'Continuation', 1693 [back cover]

 

Vol. 29
 

 Vol. 29, Winter 1992

Contents

It's a long way from the Markets Field [poem] by Tess Guerin-Letendre
The walls of Limerick
A man, a dog and a bottle by Brian Hodkinson
The Granary by Jim Kemmy
The Limerick Watch by Kevin Hannan
Liszt in Limerick by Richard Ahern
Dr. William Brooke O’Shaughnessy by J. E. Cosnett
Henry II and Glenstal Castle by Andrew Nugent
The Rathkeale Workhouse incident, November, 1921 by A. Kinsella
A German tourist’s impressions of Limerick 1865 by Larry Walsh
The lamentation of James Walsh by Pat Feeley
A pioneer of Irish traditional music [Thomas J. Purcell] by Bryan MacMahon
Brother Jerome Fitzpatrick 1878-1910 by Barry Coldrey
Joseph O'Mara Operatic Tenor by Anthony Riordan
An octogenarian remembers by Michael Kenevane
The life of a Limerick dentist, part 1 by Michael Guerin
The Dáil Courts in Limerick by Mary Kotsonouris

 

Vol. 30
 

 Vol. 30, Winter 1993

Contents

Sweet Adare [poem] by Gerald Griffin
The contribution of Séamus Ó Cinnéide
The Quakers in Limerick, 1657-1707 by Emilie M. Bennis
Richard Bourke's Views on Citizenship and Education by Jennifer Ridden
A Palatine childhood by F. S. Hinchy
A List of Merchants 1811-12 compiled by Áine Thornhill
The County Club by Kevin Hannan
Thomas F. Feigh: philantropist extraordinary by Cathleen O’Brien-Grennan
The Limerick bishop who said no to papal infallibility by Liam Irwin
Charles Burton Barrington and Trinity Football Club by Trevor West
The experience of an Irish town in the First World War: Kilrush & the Munster Fusiliers by Martin Staunton
The two coopers of Lough Gur by Jim Kemmy
Women's Suffrage Associations in Limerick 1912-14 by Des Ryan
The life of a Limerick dentist, part two by Michael Guerin
Shannon’s greatest air mystery by Mike Roycroft

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