“like a breath of fresh Limerick air…” (click for video)

Dominic Taylor / September 25, 2021 Leave a Comment

Now at Quay Books, Limerick, only €12.00. Buy online here: https://www.quaybooksstore.com/…/ar…… An epic book-length poem, Arias of Consolation, about Limerick, written in the manner of Virgil’s

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August 20, 2021 By Dominic Taylor Leave a Comment

Do you have a story you'd like to share with the local community on Limerick.com? E-Mail news@limerick.com Send us your pictures Send images or add them to your story and we'll publish the best. We welcome all contributions! All content is moderated before … [Read More...]

Part 9. Becoming a Writer. In this ten-part series Kieran Beville aims to inspire, encourage and assist aspiring authors.

November 19, 2021 By John Donnelly Leave a Comment

The Romantic Novel “In the Romance novel, the woman always wins. With courage, intelligence and gentleness she brings the most dangerous creature on the earth, the human male, to his knees.” here are many genres of novels, such as, Crime Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction and so on. I … [Read More...]

Nationwide campaign brings ‘Bin It’ workshop to Limerick schools

October 22, 2014 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

A nationwide schools’ campaign to educate and raise student awareness of littering visited Limerick this week. Over 500 students from Laurel Hill Secondary School and Castletroy College participated in the ‘Bin It!’ workshop The actor-led workshop is geared towards first year students and … [Read More...]

The Burren Food Trail named winner of EDEN award

May 28, 2015 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

Fáilte Ireland has announced The Burren Food Trail as the Irish winner of this year’s European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) award. The prestigious EU-wide competition is designed to encourage and promote a more sustainable form of tourism development and The Burren Food Trail was one of four … [Read More...]

The Sarsfield Bar

September 30, 2010 By John Liddy Leave a Comment

I must have been twelve or thirteen when I had my first prohibitive glimpse inside No. 1 Rutland Street. My father had told me to wait in the car as he delivered a case of whiskey and a gift of blinking black & white dogs. He had problems negotiating the heavy door so I held it for him as he … [Read More...]

Protests as Taoiseach opens new University of Limerick centre

September 29, 2010 By Joe Taylor Leave a Comment

A LARGE garda presence was maintained at the University of Limerick during the opening of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Members of the Socialist Youth party were present outside the academy, but An Taoiseach Brian Cowen made the strategic move of avoiding the entrance at the front … [Read More...]

Connect with Gaeilge: Weekend of ceol agus craic in Limerick

February 14, 2018 By Leave a Comment

THE YEAR of 2018 is Bliain na Gaeilge, a year-long celebration of the Irish language.And there’s no better place to reconnect with the language than at An Tionól in Rathkeale this weekend. Last year’s Tionól, the Irish for ‘gathering’, was a roaring success. It’s a mixture of music, … [Read More...]

The Widow’s Penny

October 10, 2010 By Pat McNamara 1 Comment

A record of the Limerick - city and county men - who died in the Great War When I started to compile the record of Limerick Men who died in the Great War, I had fewer than ten names. This would turn out to be a gigantic task, but I felt it had to be done. I read in Rudyard Kipling's … [Read More...]

“like a breath of fresh Limerick air…” (click for video)

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