Pictures above L-R: Norman Morrissey Linden Productions, Angela Foley Business Development Executive Thomond Park, Aodhan O’Farrell Stadium Bar Manager, Valerie Lyons Linden Productions, John Cantwell Stadium...
County Limerick Youth Theatre present The Rescue, with partners the Knocklong Development Association. The performace is to run from Friday, May 13, to Sunday, May 15. The Rescue will form part of the Knocklong History Weekend which commemorates the famous rescue of Tipperary Volunteer Seán Hogan from police custody at Knocklong railway station on May 13, 1919. A dramatization of Hogan’s life up until his release at Knocklong, The Rescue is a Participative Arts piece featuring a cast of over 50 characters. Performances will take place in the disused creamery which has been transformed to recreate the Knocklong of 1919. Attendees will find themselves immersed in 1919 as they follow the performance through the site which now features a farmhouse, a priest’s house, a butcher shop, apaddock, a pub and grocery, a stable, a cottage, a school house, a church and the train station. Attendees will also be afforded the chance to participate in the ‘Dance’ a recreation of the dance Hogan attended the night before he was captured. The scene will feature set dancing and traditional music facilitated by Pat O’Dea and tea and cake will be served by the local crochet club ladies. ...
Picture above: A Mash Of Memories from St. Patricks Girls National School. Pictured at the book launch at the Granary Library were the young authors of the...
Smarter Travel Student MultiMedia Awards 2016 – Pictured above Vincent O’Dea, John Bowman, Gavin O’Regan, Eoin Walsh, Chris Burk and Mark Spavlovskis. Limerick Students win at Smarter Travel...
Three academics from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick were amongst those named as recent recipients of the Irish Research Council Awards (IRC) New Foundation Awards. The awards...
Picture above: Niamh Mannion’s mother Denise collected the Persil Award for 2016 on her behalf, and is pictured with judges Brendan Courtney and Sonia Lennon. The winning...
A public meeting was held on Friday April 22 to discuss Limerick Cultural strategy for the next 15 years. The strategy has been named World Cafe and will form...
Pictured during the launch of a study by Age Friendly Ireland on ‘Housing for Older People: Future Perspectives’ are, from left to right, Aisling Costello, Head...
Limerick Film Festival 2016 launch – Pictured above: John Greenwood, Simon McGuire and Kevin Kiely Jnr. Photo by Sarah Hayes /ILoveLimerick.com Local film, The Clockmaker’s Dream,...
Leben Building Neurological Centre – Gerry Boland, JP McManus Trust; Colette Cowen, CEO University Hospital Limerick, Prof. Niall O’Higgins, Hospital Trust, Una Anderson Ryan, Chairperson Parkinson’s...
Croom Community Development Association Ltd (CCDA) are hosting their first fashion show with the Ursula Stokes Agency. CCDA Fashion Show The Fashion Show is in Croom Sports...
LIT Mental Physical Health Seminar – Phelim Macken, LSP, Gearoid Prendergast, Mid West Regional Drug & Alcohol Forum, Claire Fahey of Headstrong, the National Centre for Youth...
One of Ireland’s largest cemeteries, Mount St Lawrence Cemetery in Limerick City has been expanded with the addition of 675 additional grave spaces. Councillor Jerry O’Dea,...
Limerick Spring Festival 2016 will take place this year again. Photo: Oisin McHugh. The Limerick Spring Festival 2016 of Politics and Ideas celebrates the role of...
Spotlight Stage School celebrate Thirty Years – Pictured above Margaret Hough and Judy O Connor. Photo by: Sarah O’ Connell/ ILoveLimerick.com For over thirty years Limerick based...
Picture above: cast members Margaret Tydings and Marilyn McMahon St Saviours Lipstick Club new show It has been a busy year for St. Saviours Community Drama Group!...