Pamphlet
Collection object
1988.0159
H. 14.3 x W. 22.1
Book, Pamphlet, Limerick printed. Old Limerick. A selection of photographs, engravings and maps from private sources and the Lawrence collection with thumbnail historical notes. 82 pp, paper cover, stapled, plastic binding. Cover: City arms and motto in blue. Includes fold-out map of walls of Limerick by H. G. Leask, at inside back cover and copy of Thomas Westropp's map of Limerick 1590, copied from a Trinity College MS in 1903. Published by Treaty Press Ltd, Georges Quay, Limerick, 1976. Photographs: Sailing ships in dock, 1883; Paddle wheelers in dock, Lawrence 2678; Shannon paddle steamer; Old swivel bridge with Fitzgibbon monument; Fitzgibbon monument; Arthurs Quay, Lawrence 527; Arthurs Quay houses, c.1920; Old St Marys RC Church; Old Park Bridge; Abbey River and Harry's Mall, 1922; Toll gate at Athlunkard Bridge; Shannon Navigation terminal on canal; The Exchange and Tholsel; Jail Lane Bow at rear of Tholsel; Dutch gables on Sheep Street; Georges Quay; Quay Lane, courthouse; Charlotte Quay; Sarsfield Street; Patrick Street c.1912; O'Connell Street c.1910, police parade; Turkish baths; Thomond Bridge; Lax Weir; Lax Weir and Corbally Mill; Plassey Mill; New Barracks; Fire Brigade; Merryweather fire engine. Prints: Old Baals Bridge by E.J. Roberts; painting of do; Shannon from tower of St Marys by Bartlett; demolition of old Thomond Bridge; Custom House Quay; Old thomond Bridge; King Johns Castle by Bartlett; Castle Street from Thomond Bridge; The Exchange painting; Wellesley Bridge, Bartlett.
Treaty Press (printer)