Anybody who was at the Limerick-based artist Dietrich Blodau’s ‘A Life of Observations’ art exhibition in the Hunt Museum in 2018 will have been made aware of Blodau’s wonderful depictions of the streets of Limerick. If you had walked these streets all your life, Ellen Street, High Street, The Round House, Todd’s Bow, then one […]
Loss of Arts and Culture Champion Bertha McCullagh.
Limerick has lost one of its greatest arts and culture supporters with the passing of Bertha McCullagh last Saturday. A regular at literary gatherings, her love and support of the literary arts scene in Limerick was legendary. Many people would be familiar with her from the early days of the White House Poetry Revival in […]
The Limerick – Killaloe Camino
Many people are familiar with the Camino de Santiago in the north of Spain but did you know that Limerick has its very own Camino? A special pilgrimage route between Limerick and Killaloe, along a portion of a path called the Lough Derg Way has been inaugurated by the Dioceses of Limerick and Killaloe. The […]
Streets of Limerick: Broad Street 1970s
The Cranberries: Remembering Dolores
First Edition Limerick Publications No. 2 ‘Limerick People on Sunday’ 1980
Launch Video of ‘Arias of Consolation’ John Liddy’s Book length Poem About Limerick.
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Local Poets to Read at Adare Poetry Town
Adare Poetry Town 2021 Adare has been selected along with 19 other towns across Ireland to host a poetry festival 10th-18th September 2021. Further details will be added here as the program builds over the next few days but you can see details of the umbrella organisation Poetry Ireland. Local poets Michael Durack, John Liddy, Jessica […]
Petition Calls for Upgrade to Limerick-Nenagh Railway Line
To: Irish Rail, the National Transport Authority and the Irish Government Upgrade and Invest in the Limerick – Nenagh – Ballybrophy Railway Line by Edward Kelly On behalf of the North Tipperary Community Rail Partnership we call on Irish Rail, the National Transport Authority and the Irish Government to improve the current journey times […]








