Book
Collection object
1996.1254
H. 22.4 W. 14.4
Book. Pamphlet. 1651 1951 The Commemoration of the Siege of Limerick (ed. Francis Finegan). Buff covers with map of Limerick from the Down Survey on front. On title page: The Limerick Leader, 54 O'Connell Street, Limerick. (printer). 93pp. plus 33 of ads covers, bound with two staples, slightly rusty, the covers glued. In pencil on front cover:
Contents: The Popes Blessing; programme of ceremonies; committees; Foreword by Bishop O'Neill; Chronicle by Mayor Stephen Coughlan; background to strategic position of Limerick from the wars of Hugh O'Neill to 1651 by Rev Frederick M Jones; notes, Old St Saviours Priory, land confiscation; The weapons of the siege by G A Hayes-McCoy; Cuid Chontae Luimnigh Dencho Gadh by Eoin O Ceallaigh; Richard Arthur, Bishop of Limerick by Monsignor Moloney; Exhibition of ecclesiastical and military antiquities in Catholic Institute; The City of Limerick in the 17th Century by Thomas F O'Sullivan; note, religious orders in Limerick; roll of honour, those executed 1651; Geoffrey Baron by Rev Fr Athanasius OFM; In Cromwell Days by Dermot F Gleeson; note, list of Dominicans and Franciscans in Limerick 1641-1651; Dr Thomas Arthur by Molly Malone; Last Years of Bishop T A O'Brien by Rev L Taheny; Notable Limerick Men on the Continent by Dr Richard Hayes; Church of St Nicholas by Monsignor Moloney; Arthur Cross, O'Dea mitre and crosier by John Hunt; Peannaire Frionsiasach a bhain le Luimnigh by Parthalan Mac Aodhagain OFM; note, O'Keeffe chalice; Jesuits in Limerick around the siege by Dr H Roche-Kelly; note, Limerick gates; Irish exported as slaves by Eoin O'Kelly; Mayoral chain. Photographs: Pope Pius XII; city council with manager Macken; Bishop O'Neill; Stephen Coughlan in mayoral robes; Bunratty Castle by Stewart; citadel gates in St Johns Hospital; Kilmallock abbey; St Marys Cathedral exterior; Arthur crucifix by D.E.A.; Rice memorial in Peoples Park; Tait clock; St Johns Cathedral exterior; Glenosheen near Kilfinane; St Marys parish church; O'Connell Street; O'Brien pectoral cross; Iretons house; Lorrha priory church; Killaloe; O'Dea mitre by D.E.A.
Contents: The Popes Blessing; programme of ceremonies; committees; Foreword by Bishop O'Neill; Chronicle by Mayor Stephen Coughlan; background to strategic position of Limerick from the wars of Hugh O'Neill to 1651 by Rev Frederick M Jones; notes, Old St Saviours Priory, land confiscation; The weapons of the siege by G A Hayes-McCoy; Cuid Chontae Luimnigh Dencho Gadh by Eoin O Ceallaigh; Richard Arthur, Bishop of Limerick by Monsignor Moloney; Exhibition of ecclesiastical and military antiquities in Catholic Institute; The City of Limerick in the 17th Century by Thomas F O'Sullivan; note, religious orders in Limerick; roll of honour, those executed 1651; Geoffrey Baron by Rev Fr Athanasius OFM; In Cromwell Days by Dermot F Gleeson; note, list of Dominicans and Franciscans in Limerick 1641-1651; Dr Thomas Arthur by Molly Malone; Last Years of Bishop T A O'Brien by Rev L Taheny; Notable Limerick Men on the Continent by Dr Richard Hayes; Church of St Nicholas by Monsignor Moloney; Arthur Cross, O'Dea mitre and crosier by John Hunt; Peannaire Frionsiasach a bhain le Luimnigh by Parthalan Mac Aodhagain OFM; note, O'Keeffe chalice; Jesuits in Limerick around the siege by Dr H Roche-Kelly; note, Limerick gates; Irish exported as slaves by Eoin O'Kelly; Mayoral chain. Photographs: Pope Pius XII; city council with manager Macken; Bishop O'Neill; Stephen Coughlan in mayoral robes; Bunratty Castle by Stewart; citadel gates in St Johns Hospital; Kilmallock abbey; St Marys Cathedral exterior; Arthur crucifix by D.E.A.; Rice memorial in Peoples Park; Tait clock; St Johns Cathedral exterior; Glenosheen near Kilfinane; St Marys parish church; O'Connell Street; O'Brien pectoral cross; Iretons house; Lorrha priory church; Killaloe; O'Dea mitre by D.E.A.
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