Number 45. Winter 2011 €10.00
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The haunting of Plassey House by John Rainsford 3
More Merry Widows of Limerick City by Noel Murphy 7
A Brief History of the Munster News 1851-1935 by Brendan Burke 10
Life after transportation: The Australian experience of Michael Coughlan and John Hurley by Katie Devine 15
Municipal Privileges Act, 1876 by Des Ryan 19
Limerick and the 1918-19 Spanish Influenza Epidemic by Tom Toomey 24
Dromore Castle by Marian Locke 30
Thomas Roche of Limerick and Rotterdam 1736-1788 by Mary Casteleyn 34
Two early descriptions of Limerick by Brian Hodkinson 37
The Life and Times of the 'Maddens of Park Lock' by John Rainsford 38
Limerick's first Columban Martyr [Fr. Tim Leonard] by John M. Leonard 46
An Ecumenical Rescue by Darragh Greaney 49
It's a Long Way from Kilkishen by Patrick J. McNamara 50
The Hidden History of Limerick Skating Rink by Martin Walsh 52
Four Limerick City Republican Memorials by Des Long 56