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.