Limerick's Life

Online edition of the 1990 book Forgotten Revolution (Limerick 1919): Limerick Soviet

Online edition of "The Limerick Athenaeum The story of an Irish Theatre since 1852" Research & Text: James A McMahon Produced by Seamus Flynn can be read here: The Book

Online and downloadable: The History of Limerick, Ecclesiastical, Civil and Military, 1787, by John Farrer
                                     The history, topography and antiquities of the county and city of Limerick, 1827, by  Patrick Fitzgerald,  John James M'Gregor

The following books can be purchased online:

Austin O' Donovan : Rifleman O'Donovan    O'Donovan From Garryowen      365 DAYS LESS 2 DAYS

Frank Prendergast Limerick's Glory

Nicholas Browne Castle Oliver & the Oliver-Gascoignes

Frank McCourt   Angelas Ashes    'Tis   Teacher Man

Malachy McCourt   History of Ireland  A Monk Swimming

Nick Reddan   Old Kilmallock Town

The following books can be ordered in these Bookshops

Denis O'Shaughnessy : A Spot so Fair
                                 The Pig Buyer and The Pope
                                 Limerick: 100 Stories of the century
                                 How's your Father
                                 The Bus Excursion
                                 Stories of Limerick

Seán Spellissy: Limerick: The Rich Land
                     The history of Limerick City
                      Limerick in old photographs

Sarah McNamara: Development of Limerick by Honan merchants.
                          Those intrepid United Irishwomen
                          Miscellany of Creative writings

Louie Byrne: Dare you ripple my pond
                   Tears on my pillow
                   No light in the window
                   Rainbows Seldom touch the ground
                   Doggerel stories and verse

The Civic trust: The Limerick we don't see, volumes 1 & 2.
                       Georgian Limerick (edited by David Lee & Bob Kelly)
                       Georgian Limerick vol. 2 (edited by David Lee & Christine Gonzalez)
                       Made in Limerick, vol 1 & 2 (edited by David Lee & Debbie Jacobs)

Patrick J. McNamara www.limerickhistoricalpublications.com : The Widow's Penny
                                                                                           Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Seán Curtin: Limerick - A stroll down memory lane, volumes 2 - 6 (volume 1 no longer available)

Margaret Franklin: Limerick, a bibliography of the city & county.

Judith Hill: The building of Limerick

Matthew Potter: The Government and the People of Limerick: The History of Limerick Corporation/City Council 1197-2006
                        First Citizens of the Treaty City: The Mayors and Mayoralty of Limerick 1197-2007

Michael McCarthy: High Tension, Life on the Shannon Scheme

Cornelius Kelly: The Grand Tour of Limerick.

Patrick J. McNamara: The Widow's Penny.

E.E. O'Donnell: Father Browne's Limerick

Kenneth Wiggins: Anatomy of a Siege, King John's Castle, Limerick 1642.

Michael J Carroll: The Castles of County Limerick

Jim McInerney: The Gandelow, a Shannon fishing boat.

Dermot Kelly & Andrew McCarthy: Limerick Boycott 1904.

Andy Bielenberg: The Shannon scheme, and the electrification of the Irish free state.

Liam Liddy: Limerick Junction

Limerick Chamber of Commerce: Limerick, Images of a changed city.

Paddy Cronin : The Auld Town
                      Aubrey de Vere - The Bard of Curragh Chase
                      Michael D. Ryan - The People's Poet
                      Eas Céad Tine - The Waterfall of the Hundred Fires 
                      St. Mary's Catholic Church - A Celebration of Faith

Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc - The Battle For Limerick City

Limerick books can be ordered from the following shops

The Celtic Book Shop - this store holds rare and out of stock books.

O'Mahony's - This is a general bookstore.