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IN January 1826, a magnificent fancy-dress ball and supper took place at a private residence on O’Connell Street. An extensive report of the event was car...

Dr Paul O’Brien lectures at Mary Immaculate College.

LIMERICK Post history columnist Sharon Slater looks back on the year that was 1824, life, death, business, and customs of 200 years ago.

ITS appearance is like no other lighthouse in Ireland, as the rock is only visible at low tide, the tower and dwelling house give the impression that the buildi...

HISTORIAN and Limerick Post columnist Sharon Slater recounts the tale of an alleged comet that put Limerick into global headlines.

LOCATED between the Crescent and O’Connell Avenue, Quinlan Street is the shortest of the principal streets in Limerick city measuring approximately 121 fe...

LIMERICK historian Sharon Slater recounts the life and times of Peter Tait, a "character in every sense of the word".

"GLORIOUS Ringmoylan with his bracing air” is how a visitor described the scenes at the pier in 1933 during a hot summer day. The townland of Ringmoy...

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