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Insect Overlord wrote: »

Could you tell me which library in Limerick houses the micro-film reels for the Scéim Na Scol manuscripts?

The Limerick Studies Centre, operated by Limerick County Libraries has the following on microfilm;

http://www.lcc.ie/Library/Local_Studies/Folklore/

You can visit them at Lissanalta House, Dooradoyle Road, County Limerick.

Open Monday to Friday 9.30 - 4.30
Phone number 061 49 65 40

limerickstudies@limerickcoco.ie

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Library Ireland Week - Events @ Limerick City Library



Venue: Granary Library

Tue. 8th March at 11.00am - Inter-Schools Quiz for 1st Year Secondary School Students from Limerick City & County

Wed. 9th March at 8.00pm - 'A Guided Tour of the History Resources on the Limerick City Council Website' presented by Mike Maguire, Local Studies Department of Limerick City Library, Jacqui Hayes, Limerick City Archivist & Brian Hodkinson, Acting Curator, Limerick City Museum (The Jim Kemmy Municipal Museum)

Thu. 10th March at 3.00pm - Prizegiving for annual Limerick City Library Literary Quiz competition.

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Please Note: Limerick City Library will not open until 10.30am on Monday the 14th of March. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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UPDATE: Roisin Meaney will not be available this Saturday, March 19th for Storytime. Therefore Storytime will resume the following Saturday.

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You are cordially invited to

"The Botanical World of William Henry Harvey, Limerick Man"

a lecture by Angus Mitchell

on Thursday the 24th of March at 8.00pm

Refreshments will be served and admission is free for all.

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Launch of New Self Service System in Limerick City Library

Limerick City Library are delighted to announce the addition of a new self service system to it's main branch in the Granary Library, Michael Street.

Library members will now, if they wish, have the facility to check in and out their own books. The system, which is already successfully in use in many public libraries throughout the country, can be used in English, Irish, Polish and French.

The official launch was performed during "Library Ireland Week" by The Mayor, Councillor Maria Byrne, together with fourth class pupils from Gaelscoil Sairseal and their teacher Aoife. The children successfully used the new system to check their own books in and out on the day of the launch

The Mayor said she was delighted to launch this new system in addition to the many services already provided by the City Library and she felt sure that it would be welcomed by its many users.

According to A/City Librarian Deirdre O Dea, the launch of the self service system is part of the ongoing commitment by Limerick City Library to the development of services for its users.

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Limerick City Library are participating in lovelivemusic day on Friday April 8th.
For more information see www.lovelivemusic.ie or www.ceolsarang.com.

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As part of Latin America Week 2011, Limerick City Library are hosting a Public Talk with Richard Intriago and Carlos Gouveia Da Silva on Wednesday the 6th of April at 7.00pm

Admission is Free and all are Welcome


Richard Intriago is part of The Conference on Food Sovereignty. Made up of 8 members, it is an advisory body to the government and the highest authority on Food Sovereignty in Ecuador. He is also President of the Small Farmers Association of the Coast of Ecuador. Under Richard the Federation is very politically active, and was involved in the Constituent Assembly that wrote the Constitution. The Federation also provides training on organic techniques. Outside of his work with the Federation, Richard heads a group of university students that work to promote agroecology and Food Sovereignty. He has studied in Cuba, worked as an advisor to the government in Venezuela and with the MST in Brazil. He has organised conferences and forums on sustainable organic agriculture at a regional level.

Carlos Gouveia Da Silva, Brazil
Carlos is a member of the Associação dos Produtores Autônomos do Campo e da Cidade (Association of Rural and Urban Autonomous Producers), Rio de Janeiro, a grassroots organisation set up in the 1980´s by a workers' school of self-management. Its main aim is to create a solidarity link between agricultural workers in the city and countryside. Currently, APAC is involved in rural and urban food growing activists’ networks with an agroecological perspective. APAC is a member of the Agroecology Coordinating Organisation of Rio de Janeiro. This organisation brings together grassroots movements working for Food Sovereignty and struggling against the neoliberal policies of the Brazilian agribusiness, genetically modified crops, concentration of land, and the use of pesticides.

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Next Friday, April 8 @ 3:00pm


FIDIL

Recent winners of TG4's young musician of the year award, will give a one hour long FIDIL performance, with elements of audience participation through some simple Donegal couple dance

Fidil was formed in 2008, after the launch of the critically acclaimed duet album of the same name by Aidan O'Donnell and Ciarán Ó Maonaigh. Quickly after its release, they were joined by Ardara native Damien Mc Geehan for their live shows, and so Fidil was born. They won the Young Musicwide Award from Music Network in 2008, and since have been busy touring both nationally and inter-nationally, bringing their fresh and unique sound to audiences everywhere. They released their album '3' in November 2009 which has received widespread critical acclaim

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Limerick City Library will be closed on Friday the 22nd April to Monday the 25th of April, inclusive. The Library will re-open again on Tuesday the 26th April at 10am.

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‎*Amazing new resource*
The National Jukebox of the Library of Congress (US)

http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/

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Have you ever wanted to know where the Streets of Limerick get their names from??

Limerick City Street Names by Gerry Joyce, was published by Limerick Corporation in 1995. It is a very useful publication for anyone seeking information on streets and places in Limerick. As the volume is out of print and yet is in high demand, Limerick City Archives decided to digitise this volume.

Click here to access it

The text is fully searchable. Click on the binoculars icon at the top of the page to search under any term. Courtesy of Limerick City Archives.

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As part of our commitment to improving our Local Studies Resources, we are currently creating a database of Obituaries from the Limerick Chronicle from the 19th Century. Library staff are doing this manually, and in the course of this work they have come across some highly interesting and curious entries! We will be posting some examples here for you to read...

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Curio No. 1: According to the Guinness Book of World Records the oldest authenticated age to which a human being has lived on this planet is 122.
Now read on – this is a death notice extracted from the Limerick Chronicle newspaper, 16th April 1859:

“Deaths - At Fairview, Butler County, Pennsylvania, Thomas Sweeny, aged 122 years. Born in the year 1737, in Canrahan, parish of Ardfert, county Kerry, and emigrated in 1837, being then one hundred years old.”

We’re willing to wager that even if he wasn’t the oldest person ever he was certainly the oldest ever emigrant from Ireland to America!

Lanigamadan

Sounds great. Do we need to go to the library to access this new database or will it be available online?

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Lanigamadan wrote: »

Sounds great. Do we need to go to the library to access this new database or will it be available online?

The database is online and runs from 1864 to 1906, you can access it here
http://www.limerickcity.ie/Library/LocalStudies/ObituariesdeathnoticesinquestreportsfuneralreportsetcfromTheLimerickChronicle/

We're working on the years prior to 1864 at present and we will update this site as we progress

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So, how many members of the Forum actually use any of the Public Libraries in Limerick City? (For map see here http://tiny.cc/pb8wg)

If you are a member, please let us know what we could do to improve the service.

And if you don't use the Library, it would be very useful to hear your reason(s) for this.

All suggestions are welcome!


P.S. You are all aware that it's free to join right?

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Closing Hours over the Bank Holiday Weekend: Limerick City Library will be closed on Saturday the 30th July to Monday the 1st of August inclusive.
The library will repoen on Tuesday the 2nd of August at 10.00am.

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‎*New* Our Library Catalogue is now on our Facebook Page! If you look at the left hand menu you will see a link "Search Our Catalogue", click on this to search for a book without having to leave Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Limerick-City-Library/118155041572699

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Curio No. 2: We wonder who this miraculous boy could have been? A 19th Century Clark Kent perhaps?

Limerick Chronicle April 26 1864:

"The Child that was rolled over on Saturday last, by a jaunting car, in Thomas St., and which was thought to have been placed beyond all hope of ever doing well, is now about the street again, as merry as a cricket."

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More people are reading now than ever before, to visually appreciate this, have a look at this link, which shows live, real time, purchases of books from the Book Depository!

http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/live

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‎*NEW*: We are beginning to create a Geographical Representation of the Obituaries from the Limerick Chronicle in the 19th/early 20th Century. Have a look at 1864.....

1864 Obituary World Map

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Wishing a happy & peaceful Eid ul-Fitr Mubarak to all of our Muslim members

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‎*New* We've now uploaded scans of the "Journal of the Limerick Field Club, 1897-1908" Volumes 1-3. Enjoy.

Link Here

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Limerick Leader: Limerick City Library obituaries project attracts worldwide interest

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Limerick City Library's
Evening Lecture Series

You are cordially invited to

"Limerick's first Historical Society, The Limerick Field Club, and it's Journal, 1892-1908"

An illustrated talk by Dr. Liam Irwin, on Tuesday 27th September 2011 at 8pm

Refreshments will be served. Admission is Free.



You can read each volume of The Limerick Field Club here

Brennans Row

A big compliment to you for putting all these historical journals on-line, making our local history accessible world-wide. :cool:

I enjoy looking at old images of Limerick and I was delighted to see a picture of Meat Market Lane / Sheep Street in Volume 1 No. 3 1899. See PDF link



I wonder do you have a better quality scan of this page as I would like to get more details from it?



Here is another view (Limerick Museum) of that same corner plus its location on an 1840 map.



I hope the lecture will get recorded for your excellent “History Lecture Series Archive” website, as alas I can’t make it to Limerick on that night.

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Thanks for your positive comments; We'll look into sourcing a better scan of that photograph, and post back here if successful.

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Culture Night 2011

There are two events organised in Limerick City Library on Culture Night Friday 23rd September.

Firstly, there will be a Harp Recital by the Irish Harp Centre from 6.00 to 7.00pm which will be open to the public to attend.

Then, from 7.00 to 8.00pm, there will be a 'Good Night Owls' Art Workshop for Children (4-12 years). Local artist Gráinne Moloney will be making owl party pinatas with children in the Children's Library.
Numbers for this are limited to 25, so booking in advance either by phone, e-mail or in person is essential.