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• Limerick's Early Printed Books and Newspapers by James Coleman, Journal of the Limerick Field Club vol. 1 no. 3, 1899

• The earliest Limerick newspaper by E. R. McC. Dix, Journal of The Limerick Field Club vol 3. no. 11, 1908

• The 'Chronicle' - the early days, Limerick Chronicle [no date]

• A chronicle of Limerick life [Limerick history in newspapers] by W. W. Gleeson, Old Limerick Journal, vol. 1, December 1979

• Some Old Limerick Newspapers by William P. Mulligan, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 44 (2004)

• A Case Study of John Ferrar's  Limerick Chronicle 1774 by Ursula Callaghan, Old Limerick Journal vol. 46, Winter 2012

• A Limerick Journal of 1741, Limerick Chronicle 19/03/1908

• New printing machine, Limerick Leader 21/1/1950, p7

• Photo of a Limerick Leader Delivery, Limerick Leader 25/3/1950, p14

• Last issue of the Limerick Leader with entertainments on page 1, Limerick Leader 1/12/1951, p1

• First issue of Limerick Leader with 'news' on page 1, Limerick Leader 26/11/1951, p1

• £6,000 in new machinery, Limerick Leader 13/10/1956, p10 & 11

• 'Limerick Leader' editorial changes, Limerick Leader 30/4/1960, p1

• Newsboys stands must go! Ultimatum from Garda Authorities, Limerick Leader 1/11/1961, p1

• Appointment of new editor, Limerick Leader 28/7/1962, p1

• Early editors of the 'Limerick Chronicle', Limerick Chronicle 6/3/1965, p5

• The "Leader's" early days were tough, Limerick Leader 1/5/1965 (supplement)

• 'Chronicle's two-hundreth year, Limerick Chronicle 1/1/1966, p3

• Death of C. C. Cregan - was editor for 50 years, Limerick Chronicle 30/6/1966, p1

• Jack Dickinson recalls early days at the 'Leader', Limerick Chronicle 15/8/1970, p3

• The men who stand and deliver, Limerick Chronicle 19/2/1970, p3

• A Chronicle of Limerick life - by W. W. Gleeson, Old Limerick Journal, no. 1, December 1979

• When Limerick spawned a whole host of newspapers, Limerick Leader 7/1/1984, p5

• Proving that the Limerick Leader leads, Limerick Leader 7/4/1984, p1

• Echo: journalists' president flies in [Limerick Echo], Limerick Leader 20/7/1985, p1

• We're 100 to-day, Limerick Leader 9/8/1989, p1

• Limerick Leader marks its centenary, Limerick Leader 12/8/1989, p1

• Limerick Leader staff 1989, Limerick Leader 30/9/1989, p14 

• Off-colour newspapers get the wartime blues, Limerick Leader 30/9/1989, p27

• Giving Limerick a lead, Limerick Tribune 12/11/1989

• Mastheads of some Limerick newspapers of the 1970s and 1980s 

   

• Founded just 75 years after the Treaty was signed... we're 225 years old, Limerick Chronicle 8/1/1991, p3

• The 'Chronicle - the early days, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991

• Adapting to the 20th century, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p26

• The first editors, and their endeavours, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p21

• An unbroken record...until war came, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p23

• Your Chronicle ever since 1766, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991

• Details of Limerick Chronicle and Limerick Leader - editors, heads of sales and contact numbers, IPA 1992 Yearbook

• The Chronicle - not the first, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p6

• Jack's new 2-y-0 hat, Limerick Chronicle 19/5/1992

• Independent survey shows Limerick's leading paper, Limerick Leader 29/8/1992

• Photo of Jack Nash celebrating his 80th birthday, Limerick Chronicle 6/10/1992 

• The oldest newsboy in town calls it a day, Limerick Leader 28/11/1992

• Picture of the Limerick Leader offices taken in the 1940's, Limerick Chronicle 10/6/1997

• How the Leader rose from the ashes of a huge blazing inferno, Limerick Leader 13/1/2001

• Funeral today of 'Leader' chairman, Irish Times 8/8/2001, p4,

• Funeral of newspaper man, Irish Independent 8/8/2001, p8

• Limerick Leader may sell for €25m, Irish Independent (business supplement) 3/10/2002

• Limerick war news expected to make €20,000 at auction, Limerick Leader 7/4/2007

• Rare Limerick Civil War Journal up for auction, Limerick Post 14/4/2007

• Found - bound version of earliest Chronicles shines new light on Limerick's history, Limerick Chronicle [special souvenir edition] 24/7/2007

• Your paper is changing with you, Limerick Leader 2/2/2008

• Profiles of the Buckley and McAuliffe families [owners of the Limerick Leader], Limerick Leader 2/2/2008

• Dev's telegram to Tobin resurfaces, Limerick Chronicle 20/5/2008, p3

• National Library buys collection of 56 Chronicles, Limerick Chronicle 27/4/2007, p9

• Celebrating 120 years of serving Limerick, Limerick Leader 8/8/2009, p8

• Limerick Chronicle earliest editions go online at UL site, Limerick Chronicle 19/1/2010, p7

• Historic magazine now online, Limerick Chronicle 3/5/2011, p12

• Limerick Leader - now 121 years old, Limerick Leader 14/8/2010, p14

• Freesheet creditors are owed up to €1m, Limerick Chronicle 31/8/2010, p6

• Minister Haughey says he is aware of 'newsboy' plight, Limerick Leader [Leader memories column] 11/9/2010, p23

• Dock Road stops the press for the last time, Limerick Leader 18/12/2010, p9

• A bright new look for Ireland's oldest newspaper, Limerick Chronicle 20/9/2011, p2

• Limerick Leader through the ages, Limerick Leader 29/10/2011, p11

• Fifty years in the Leader editor's chair, Limerick Leader 19/10/2013, p2 [Leader 2]

• The Leader's early years [photographs and articles], Limerick Leader 09/08/2014, p1,2 & 3 [Leader 2]

• Leader celebrates 125 years, Limerick Leader 09/08/2014, p1 & 2

• Paper survives inferno, Limerick Leader 16/08/2014, p16

• Eighty seven years young: a look at the Limerick Echo by Martin Byrnes - editor, Limerick WEekly Echo & Shannon News, special supplement for Sports Personalities of the Year, 1983, p2

• A brief history of the Munster News 1851-1935 by Brendan Burke, Old Limerick Journal vol. 45, Winter 2011 

• Reeling through an exciting year, Limerick Leader 25/11/2017, p2

• Headline news from times past, Limerick Leader 10/03/2018, p5 (Chronicle)

• Front pages of the past, Limerick Leader 24/03/2018, p4 (Chronicle)

• Headline news, Limerick Leader 31/03/2018, p4 (Chronicle)

• 'A smart boy wanted: how I started my newspaper career by PJ Moroney, Limerick Leader 20/10/2018, p51 & 52 (Leader 2) 

• Leader celebrating 130 years of serving Limerick, Limerick Leader 10/08/2019, p7

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