Postcard
Collection object
2006.0061
H. 10.9 W. 15.3
Postcard, colour. St John's Hospital and St John's Cathedral, Limerick, Ireland View shows the cathedral at centre, with the hospital in the left foreground and St John's Cof I church at right foreground Title in bottom margin in Irish and English, also number HT64356. Reverse printed in black; at top left, At St John's Hospital are some fragments of the old city walls/ of Limerick, including a sallyport and part of "Black Battery", blown up on the occasion of the abortive assault made on the/ city by William of Orange in 1690. St John's Cathedral with/ imposing tower and spire rising to 280 ft is a beautiful/ Gothic revival structure build 1856-61. A fine marble Madonna by Benzoni adorns th sanctuary and in the treasury may be / seen the exquisitely worked mitre and crozier of Conor O Dea Bishop of Limerick 1400-26. The/ smaller St John's parish church is on the square nearby; at centre top a plane under a legtn of film, Aero Views Ltd/ Dublin; up centre as divider, A reproduction of a real colour photograph by Aero Views Ltd Dublin; to right of centre Post Card/ Address Only/ M, followed by 5 address lines over, Printed in Republic of Ireland; box for stamp at top right in which, Postage/ Stamp/ Here. Not posted.
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