Limerick endured three major sieges during the seventeenth century. In each case they were part of vital military campaigns which would determine not just the fate of the city itself but of the entire country. It can also reasonably be argued that they had important implications for British and European history as they involved both […]
What is a Limerick?
To be a Limerick, a verse MUST have: Five lines Lines one, two, and five MUST each have exactly three metric feet Lines three and four MUST each have exactly two metric feet The metric feet MUST be anapests ( da da DUM ) although the leading foot of each line may be an iamb […]
The Lure of the Limerick
limericks, limerick poem, funny limericks, naughty limericks, writing limericks No-one knows for certain how the name of an Irish Mid-Western city came to be associated with the short, irreverent, often bawdy verses of the limerick. Some people believe that it came from the school of poets who lived in Croom, Co. Limerick in the nineteenth […]
The Sarsfield Bar
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 […]
Protests as Taoiseach opens new University of Limerick centre
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 door. The group carried placards […]
Forgotten visit by Richard Nixon to Limerick to be recalled in RTE radio broadcast
A MAJOR radio documentary examining the visit of United States President Richard Nixon to Limerick will be broadcast this weekend. Entitled ‘The Forgotten Visit’, it will be broadcast on RTE Radio 1 on Saturday, October 2 at 6.05pm. The 37th President of the United States and the only one to resign from office, visited Ireland […]
Limerick DJ spends 95 hours living in a window
HUNDREDS of people gathered at Thomas Street last saturday to welcome radio presenter Mark Whelan out of the window of Brown Thomas. Mark, who presents the breakfast show on Limerick’s Live 95FM entered the window on Tuesday afternoon as part of a unique charity event. Mark lived in the window for 95 hours and during […]
University of Limerick doctorate for founding president Ed Walsh
IT HAS been 12 years since Dr Edward Walsh left the university he founded, but yesterday he was finally presented with an honorary doctorate from UL. After serving as university president for 28 years, Dr Walsh said yesterday: “This is the greatest honour of my life.” “My life has been so much associated with the […]
Hayes returns for Munster
Munster coach Tony McGahan has named John Hayes in a 29 man squad in what is otherwise an unchanged squad for the Magners League clash with Leinster at the Aviva Stadium this weekend. With new long-term injuries in the backline to Felix Jones and ian Dowling and the continued absence of Keith Earls, McGahan may […]
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