Music – Classical, opera, shows & traditional music

see separate files for 'Musicians, singers, etc.' and 'The Savoy'

Also files for 'Catherine Hayes'  Suzanne Murphy, George A. Osborne

For rock, pop, etc. see 'Music - pop, etc.' file

A SCRAPBOOK MUSIC & ENTERTAINMENT ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIMERICK : Music, musicians, groups, singers, comedians, entertainers, societies, venues, etc. [content of the local studies files on Music (pop, etc.), Music (classical, etc.), and Musicians, Comedians, etc. in single alphabetical sequence]

• Musical society for Limerick, Limerick Chronicle 28/09/1901, p1 

• Remarkable reception - Kreisler's Recital, Limerick Chronicle 28/01/1936 

• Limerick's heritage of Irish song by Breandán Ó Madagáin, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 28 (1986)

• McNamara's band, Old Limerick Journal No. 9

• A pioneer of Irish traditional music [Thomas J. Purcell] by Bryan MacMahon, Old Limerick Journal vol. 29, Winter 1992

• Playing a Limerickman's score, Limerick Chronicle 28/07/1992, p8 

• Opera Society remebers O'Mara, Limerick Chronicle 28/10/1967, p3 

• Cecilians plan a huge party for their 75th anniversary, Limerick Chronicle 18/01/1994, p7 

• £15m concert hall opens on the right note, Limerick Leader 28/09/1993 

• Concert hall complex opened, Irish Times 20/09/1993 

• The hall of Limerick, Irish Times, 16/09/1993 

• University sounds the right notes, Limerick Chronicle 16/02/1993 

• 3 Limerick singers among all-time-greats, Limerick Leader 22/10/1994  

• 75-years-on, we tell story of the very first Cecilian musical show, Limerick Chronicle 22/11/1994 

• From enthralled fan to being the star of the show, Limerick Leader 29/10/1994 

• Music City, Limerick Leader 06/05/1995, p1&2 

• The society was a focal point in meeting people, Limerick Leader 25/09/1999  

• Keeper Vincent is custodian of many musical treasures, Limerick Leader 25/09/1999, p12 

• The Dear Town of Croom, Maigueside Journal, 1998 

• Three tenors hit high note in London, Limerick Leader 07/10/2000  

• Dancing in the Stella, and the light of the other days, Limerick Leader 03/02/2001  

• St. Mary's priest and tenor Frank, Limerick Leader 17/06/2000 

• Uileann pipes club is revived 100 years on, Limerick Leader 13/03/2000, p3

• We had a song to sing o by Anthony O'Brien, Old Limerick Journal vol. 39, Winter 2003

• Limerick musician celebrates 50 years in the business [Noel Tuohy], Limerick Post 15/04/2006, p2 

• Picture of Limerick trumpeter, Bud Clancy and his band, Limerick Chronicle 09/10/2007 

• Prominent personalities in 'Mother Goose', Limerick Chronicle 02/01/1965, p5 

• Bal Moane brought merriment and memories, Limerick Chronicle 23/03/1968, p3 

• Homage to Garryowen's great Uileann Pipers, Limerick Chronicle 06/05/1972, p3 

• Great opera days in Limerick recalled, Limerick Leader 27/05/1987, p7 

• Cecilians working hard on 'The Desert Song', Limerick Leader 13/07/1963, p11 

• Life of Gilbert and Sullivan Society in balance, Limerick Leader 18/09/1963, p1 

• Forty-five years of music and song, Limerick Leader 24/10/1964, p15 

• The Yeomen of the Guard, Limerick Leader 16/05/2009, p27 

• Rare treat for music lovers, Limerick Leader 22/05/1957, p1  

• Coming great operatic treat for Limerick, Limerick Leader 08/02/1958, p9 

• 50 Years Ago: Gilbert & Sullivan is revived in Limerick, Limerick Leader 19/10/2009, p15  

• Cecilians are ready to head for 42nd street, Limerick Leader 11/11/2009, p8 

• 90 years on and Cecilians continue to strike right notes, Limerick Post 21/11/2009, p22 

• Brendan 'rescues' Cecilian memories of yesteryear, Limerick Post 09/01/2010, p19 

• Hitting a true note, Limerick Tribune 12/11/1989 

• McCormack singers celebrates 25 years of musical harmony, Limerick Chronicle 28/04/1992, p7 

• Corrigans are music to George Clooney's ears, Limerick Post 04/02/2012, p21 

• Yehundi Menuhin and Philharmonia arrive, Limerick Chronicle 21/05/1957, p1 

• A return to Gaelic Ireland, Limerick Post 24/11/2012, p89 

• Limerick Choral and Operatic Society: Festival of Grand Opera, Limerick Leader 03/11/1962, p13 

• Limerick Choral Union marks 50 years of song with concert this Friday, Limerick Chronicle 15/04/2014, p22 

• Image of the Radio Eireann Symphony Orchestra perfoming in the Savoy cinema, Limerick Leader 21/11/1962, p1 

• Soli Deo Gloria - Catholic Church Music in Limerick c.1860-c.1950 by Paul Collins, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 50 (2010)

• Noel's tunes echo across time, Limerick Post 17/05/2014, p20 

• A Limerick music collector of note, Limerick Leader 31/05/2014, p21 

• Limerick Choral & Operatic Society 'Rigoletto', Souvenir Programme, Date unknown  

• Limerick Choral & Operatic Society present 'Barber of Seville', Souvenir programme, 7th, 9th & 11th April, Year unknown 

• The Cecilian Musical Society presents 'The Golden Years', Souvenir Programme, 20/03/1977 

• The Mulcahy Family - From the heart and on the note, Limerick Leader 27/08/2016, p1 & 2 (Leader 2)

• Donie to launch his solo CD of songs and tunes [Donie Lyons], Limerick Leader 13/05/2017, p4 (Leader 2)

• Photographs displaying 1950's pantomime actors at Savoy Theatre, Limerick Leader 24/03/2018, p10 & 11 (L2)  

• Pianists hit all the right notes, [visits of Sigismond Thalberg] Limerick Leader 01/09/2018, p47 & 48

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