1980.0087
Address H. 63.3 W. 45.3 Frame H. 71.1 W. 53.0
Address, illuminated, presented to Charles Stuart Parnell by the Congregated Trades of Limerick, 28 Oct 1880. Copy of the original. Printed. Text welcomes Parnell to the city and grants him honorary membership of various guilds. Broad arch of Celtic interlace above, with central photograph of Parnell. Border, geometric and interlace, around text. Signed on behalf of the Congregated Trades, printed: John Godsell, chairman, Thomas Dooley, treasurer, John Cronin, secretary; John Hogan, Patrick Nunan, bakers; John Nunan, John Hinchy, carpenters; Thomas Kenny, William McNamara, masons; David Clohesy, John Cahill, stonecutters; Edward Ryan, Patrick J Bourke, printers; Isaac Buckner, John Roche, painters; William Egan, Michael McCarthy, bootmakers; Joseph Worrall, John Winters, cabinetmakers; James Stendon, John McNamara, chandlers; James Bowles, Michael Corbett, millers. Handwritten below: Presented by John Reddan, ex secretary, to the Mechanics Institute, Dec 1? 18... In moulded frame, glass missing.