Tabanyama Assault
News of the fighting on the Tabanyama ridges carried particular weight in Limerick, where families...
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Roberts Arrives
Field Marshal Lord Roberts arrived at Cape Town on 10 January 1900 and assumed supreme...
Ladysmith Assault
Boer commandos launched a major assault upon the British defensive line south of besieged Ladysmith...
Divided Loyalties
Irish public opinion during the South African War was divided in a manner that exposed...
Mounted Volunteers
A Special Army Order issued at the beginning of January 1900 established the machinery for...
University Demand
Bishop Edward Thomas O’Dwyer of Limerick delivered a prominent intervention in the continuing dispute over...
Coal Dues
A substantial case before Judge Richard Adams examined the Mayor of Limerick’s asserted right to...
Roads Dispute
Arguments continued across County Limerick over whether public roads should be maintained through private contracts...
Shannon Resistance
At the opening of the twentieth century, Limerick’s fishery interests faced a proposal they believed...
Kincora Preparations
A large public meeting reported on 4 January 1900 gathered in the Lecture Hall of...