Press cuttings relating to the Easter Rising and the early years of post-independence Ireland.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPress cuttings from the Irish Press and Evening Herald relating to the destruction of a British aeroplane by the IRA near Kilfinnane on 8 February 1921. Also see P46/1/4/1/3.
MacCarthy, John Maurice (1896-1976), Irish VolunteerPress cuttings, mainly notices of births, marriages and deaths, obituaries and accounts of the funerals of members of the Daly, Clarke and Dore families and their friends. Also press cuttings relating to raids on Madge Daly’s and Kathleen Clarke’s homes. In three folders.
Daly Family of Limerick CityPress cuttings from the Cork Examiner and Irish Times, originally contained in a folder marked ‘Whiddy Final’, relating to the inquiry which followed the Betelgeuse tanker disaster. In two folders.
Dalby, Simon, Professor EmeritusPress cuttings relating to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the subsequent Warren Commission report. Also a press cutting relating to the establishment of the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Rehabilitation Centre in Limerick, and recollections of the President’s visit to the city.
Condell, Frances née Eades (1916-1986), first female Mayor of LimerickPress cuttings relating to religion, saints and noted bishops.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPress cuttings relating to flour and bread rationing.
Daly Family of Limerick CityPress cuttings relating to President Kennedy’s visit to Ireland in June 1963. Among the featured events is the conferring of the Freedom of Limerick on Kennedy by Condell. Included is a copy of the special supplement, ‘A Pictorial Record – President Kennedy in Ireland’, published with the Irish Times on 26 June 1963, and a copy of the Limerick Ardfert Aghadoe Diocesan Magazine featuring a photograph of Condell and Kennedy on the front cover.
Condell, Frances née Eades (1916-1986), first female Mayor of LimerickPress cuttings relating to prehistoric and early Christian sites and monuments, including Knockgraffon Moat.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historianPress cuttings relating to place names.
Looney, Timothy (Tim) (1914-1990), local historian