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Avista launches ‘People Of Avista’ photography exhibition celebrating 100 years

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Avista launches ‘People Of Avista’ photography exhibition celebrating 100 years. Photo: Helen O Callaghan/Limerick Leader

Avista marks 100 years with the launch of the ‘People of Avista’ photography exhibition at Limerick City Gallery of Art running up to Tuesday, February 10

Avista is a person-centred, rights-based organisation that is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Co Limerick. Photo: Helen O Callaghan/Limerick Leader

To mark 100 years of Service, Avista (formerly Daughters Of Charity Disability Support Services) is hosting a portrait photography exhibition, capturing 33 people supported by Avista. This exhibition takes place in the Limerick City Gallery of Art from Tuesday, February 3 to Tuesday, February 10.

Avista is a person-centred, rights-based organisation that is dedicated to improving the lives of children and adults with disabilities in Co Limerick. This multisensory experience allows members of the public to celebrate the people and personalities from across the Limerick, Tipperary, Offaly and Dublin services.

Kathryn Dineen from Limerick City said, “Today we start the 100-year celebrations for Avista and the Daughters of Charity. In this exhibition, you will see photos of people with disabilities. But what’s more, you will hear what we have to say and who we are.”


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Speaking at the Launch,  Avista CEO Lorraine Macken said, “2026 is a special year for Avista (formerly the Daughters of Charity) as we celebrate 100 years of service.  Over the last century, Avista have supported thousands of people – each with an individual story.  Each portrait in this exhibition goes beyond appearance to capture character, emotion, and identity. The beauty of this exhibition is its humanity.  

Avista began as the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services as founded by The Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Photo: Helen O Callaghan/Limerick Leader

“We are invited to hear about people in their own words and through objects and photographs they have chosen to represent themselves.”

This free exhibition takes place from Tuesday, 3rd February until Tuesday, 10th February at the Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick City.

Avista began as the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services as founded by The Company of the Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.

The Daughters of Charity came to Ireland in 1855 and have been involved in providing services for persons with intellectual disability since 1925 when they would established the Daughters of Charity Disability Support Services.

Operating originally from St. Vincent’s Centre, Navan Road, from which it provided a nationwide service, the Community identified a need for a similar service in Limerick and opened its centre in Lisnagry in 1952, and in 2007 the organisation was invited by the Health Service Executive to manage the services of St. Anne’s in Roscrea.

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