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News Ireland » Limerick » History: New history book remembers Con Colbert and Ireland’s other forgotten young warriors

News channel or source: https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/history-and-heritage/new-book-recalls-con-colbert-and-irelands-forgotten-young-warriors-8955850
Published on: Friday 04 September 2026

Limerick born Con Colbert, who had enrolled at the inaugural meeting, was the first instructor in elementary drill formations for the first troop, or branch. The boys also received drill instruction ...

News Ireland » Limerick » History: Specimens of Change Exhibition officially open in Limerick Museum

News channel or source: https://www.limerickleader.ie/community/specimens-of-change-exhibition-officially-open-in-limerick-museum-8955755
Published on: Sunday 06 September 2026

Thank you for signing up! Did you know you can manage your profile, and explore all of the available newsletters from Limerick Live within your account. SPECIMENS of Change, an exhibition of Limerick ...

News Ireland » Limerick » History: Ireland’s New Rugby Museum Scores Win for Georgian Architecture Fans

News channel or source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-05-27/how-architects-tackled-an-irish-rugby-museum-in-limerick
Published on: Saturday 27 May 2023

(This story is part of “Look at That Building,” a Bloomberg CityLab series about everyday — and not-so-everyday — architecture. Read more from the series, and sign up to get the next story sent ...

News Ireland » Limerick » History: One of the deadliest fires in Irish history claimed 48 lives - on this day in 1926

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/society-culture-and-history/history/one-of-the-deadliest-fires-in-irish-history-claimed-48-lives-on-this-day-in-1926/ar-AA2bHvZQ
Published on: Sunday 06 September 2026

Men, women and children were trapped when fire engulfed a crowded wooden cinema hall in the Co Limerick village ...