Quit while you're a head! Contemporary press photo of Nelson's head - soon after it became detached from his body... Horatio Nelson stood on his pillar in the centre of O'Connell Street from 1809 until he was toppled by an explosion on 8 March 1966.

MSPC/SPG/14 (Publicity file for the MSP Act 1924): Advertising the pension notice in the 6 counties, the original notice for insert in the Irish Times and extract from Irish Indo (Nov 1924) on Pensions Board work (form requests 16500, completed claims 3000, cases dealt with 12)

#OnThisDay 1923 Five Free State soldiers were killed by an IRA booby trap mine in Knocknagoshel, Kerry. They were lured into a field with false info of a IRA dugout in a field. The next day the Free State Army exacted their revenge IRA prisoners in Ballyseedy. #Ireland #History

On this day, 7 March 1921, Mayor George Clancy and former Mayor Michael O’Callaghan were shot dead at their homes on #Limerick

#OTD in 1921, March 7 Limerick was shocked to learn of the death of two #Limerick Mayors, one being Grange man George Clancy shot in front of his wife in his home by RIC Auxiliaries. His predecessor Michael O'Callaghan also shot dead at his home nearby. #curfewmurders

💚💚💚👇👇 Following last year's sold out session we have a fantastic group of musicians lined up for this Saturday night at centre as part of #bruff celebrations this year for #StPatricksDay2024 🍀☘🐍🇮🇪 #ilovelimerick #visitballyhoura #limerickstpatsfestival #limerickevent

Great maps made by Mike Murphy of UCC geography department for the CW fatality project. This is the master map.

We are excited to host historian Catherine Corless this Wednesday, April 10th Mary Immaculate College (MIC) at 1 pm in T207. All are welcome!

Our pop-up #exhibition on objects of the Revolution in East Limerick is now at #Cappamore Library until mid-May. This project is being undertaken by UCD Archaeology in collaboration with Abarta Heritage through the IrishResearch COALESCE fund. National Monuments Service The Heritage Council

With deep sadness we learn of the passing of our much-loved friend & legendary historian,Tom Toomey. Unrivalled in his knowledge of the War of Independence era in Co.Limerick. A regular visitor to our Centre. To his family we offer our condolences. May our great friend, RIP 💚

#OTD in 1919.. Dan Breen and Seán Treacy rescue their comrade Seán Hogan from a Dublin-Cork train at Knocklong, Co. Limerick. Two policemen guarding Hogan are killed. #Limerick

Love these kind of finds!! Workers on the convent windows on #bruff came across these inscriptions of some local families who previously worked on the windows in the school 1927/1929/1959 and 1969. #heritage #buildinghistory #fcj #limerick #carpentry

Lough Gur historical society have the following talk tonight: 📍Thursday May 23rd at 8pm Honey FITZ. Lough Gur Historical society presents: 'Wild Geese:The Irish in Europe in the "Long" Eighteenth Century' Dr. Liam Chambers,head of History department Mary Immaculate College.

The green harp flag of Ireland It was first recorded in 1642 It became the flag of the 1798 rebellion &, for many, a national standard So why didn’t it become the Irish National Flag? (1)

We trekked and picked until the cans were full, Until the tinkling bottom had been covered With green ones, and on top big dark blobs burned Like a plate of eyes. Our hands were peppered With thorn pricks, our palms sticky as Bluebeard's. Blackberry-Picking, Seamus Heaney

Dear estate agents/auctioneers, vendors, if you are clearing out old solicitor’s offices, please contact county archives or local history societies before you skip irreplaceable archives. I just heard that two skips containing boxes of archival material ended up in landfill.

I am currently researching and writing a book on the women of Ennis Cumann na mBan which will focus on their lives before, during and after the revolutionary period. I would love to talk to the relatives of these women to bring their stories out of the shadows....