Marc Ó'hArgáin

An engineer, I drink coffee and I know stuff.

[Marc Ó'hArgáin @Marc_O_hArgain]

@RHODLIMERICK A little over a year and a half later and the site hasn't changed much. The exception being, any trace of the medieval foundation has been removed completely.

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@FearStairLmk @Nick468official @Limerick_Leader Mr Connery appears to have learned nothing about boundaries in this situation. He overstepped with his group when they unilaterally decided to paint the monument. Now he is suggesting placing a new monument there. Take a step back, by all means collect funds for restoration work.

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@FearStairLmk Tantamount to vandalism. A few years ago I traced family to a 19th century grave in Templemochulla. A survey had been carried out in 2011 by Clare CoCo. Sadly, in 2022 all the headstones and inscriptions were left in appalling condition after someone used abrasive material there.

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@FearStairLmk Just noticed it's practically the same design as the street lighting on O'Connell St, Limerick in 1922

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@RHODLIMERICK @TheLPYMA To the right just outside of that shot the facade of the building on the corner of Patrick St where the entrance to the Arthur's Quay S.C. is now.

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@FearStairLmk Seán Ó'Tuama wrote of Richard Harrold the patron of St Patrick's penal chapel (Rhebogue) on Harrold 's death in 1768 illustrating the generosity that he became known for.

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An interesting perspective of #Limerick this weekend with a Subterranean Stroll through some of the city's underground cellars and spaces. Special thanks to Peter Carroll and Cáit Ní Cheallacháin @IGSLimerick and the owners and residents who facilitated a huge turnout. @TheLPYMA

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@LimerickMuseum Some artistic licence exercised by the reporter. Realistically William Street could hardly be described as a "side street". Still! A nice pictorial record.

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Sometimes a search takes a while and is slow. Along the way though there's always something new learned. In the Encumbered Estates Sales a map detailing a section of Clare St, #Limerick interestingly shows a National School was once at the rear of St. Patricks Church.

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Sir George Ingoldsby was the son of Elizabeth Cromwell. Her cousin was Oliver Cromwell. He fought for Cromwell in Ireland and settled in Co. #Limerick where he was granted land, married Mary Gould and as a result held the lands of #Corbally. @UL_SpecColl hold a map of his estate.

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@FearStairLmk @ThomondH Two interesting family names on the last slide in photos. Some 70 odd years later, Peter Switzer a 75 year old farmer was shot dead in Pallaskenry during the War of Independence (Jan 1920) while attending his sisters funeral. Its one of those names that stands out.

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Still looking at 1845 parish records. St John's now, I didn't find what I'm looking for yet. One name stands out though, a reminder of a search for another man yet to be found. "Sarsfield". John Sarsfield and Hanna Laird baptised daughter Anne on November 10th. @france_midwest

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Came across this hefty volume in #Eason yesterday. I was surprised to find it. Described as "The definitive, dramatic biography of the most important African American of the nineteenth century". One for my 2025 reading list. Interested to see if his #Limerick trip is detailed.

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Nov 10. 1845 Frederick Douglass gave an Anti-Slavery speech on Bedford Row, #Limerick. On the way from Cork he saw for the first time the dreadful condition of the Irish who were feeling the effects of the "Famine". He was reminded of his own living conditions in slave quarters

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I have to wonder how the two boys and family managed between 1845 and 1852. What a time to be born! #AnGortaMór #Limerick

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Going through St Mary's, Athlunkard St, #Limerick parish records and came across an entry for the baptism of twins John and Patrick Flynn. The parents were Edward Flynn and Mary McCarthy. I imagine the birth of twins would have been a rare occurrence for (Aug/Sep) 1845.

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@FearStairLmk The Captain, Richsrd Giles, wrote to the Limerick Harbour Commissioners following the incident.

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@FearStairLmk 1963, the MV Treneglos is built in Glasgow and managed by the Hain Steamship Co. Again, like the first boat it ran aground a year after build on Nov 12th, 1964 of Patiti Point, Timaru, NZ. It suffered severe damage but was eventually repaired in Wellington. A name to avoid. 😉

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@FearStairLmk A year after build. The thing about boats is sometimes their names are reused. In 1906, owners E. Hain & Co. had a new ship built. During WW1, the Treneglos carrying a cargo of sugar from Mauritius sank with 3 casualties after being torpedoed on Nov 14, 1915 in the Mediterranean

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@LmkUrbanCycling As a cyclist/motorist IMHO thats more a snapshot of time and not a statistical fact based on (let's say) the 2 minutes it took that bus to drive up the street. How many car passengers went up the street in the time that followed up to the next 304 service? A rhetorical question.