Contact Limerick Archives
Limerick Archives welcomes enquiries, contributions, corrections and information from readers in Limerick, across Ireland and throughout the wider world. The archive depends upon shared knowledge, personal memories, family collections and careful historical research to preserve the story of Limerick for future generations.
Please use the contact form below to get in touch. Include as much relevant information as possible so that your enquiry can be properly understood and answered.
Choosing an Email Subject
To help us respond as quickly as possible, please select one of the headings below for the subject line of your email. If none of the listed categories applies to your enquiry, please use “Other.”
General Enquiries
For general questions about Limerick Archives, its historical articles, photographic collections, research work or website content, please provide a clear description of your enquiry.
Limerick Archives is an independent historical project, rather than an official city, county or government archive. It cannot issue official certificates, conduct legal searches or provide access to records held by public authorities. Where possible, however, suitable sources or research institutions may be suggested.
Share Historical Information
Readers are encouraged to share information that may add to the historical record. This may include:
- Personal or family memories
- Information about people, streets, buildings or businesses
- Details connected with schools, workplaces, clubs or organisations
- Corrections to names, dates, locations or captions
- Background information relating to an article or photograph
- Suggestions for future historical research
Please explain how you know the information and identify any documents, photographs, publications or personal experiences that support it. Information received may require independent verification before it can be added to the archive.
Share a Photograph or Document
Limerick Archives welcomes photographs, letters, postcards, programmes, newspaper cuttings, advertisements, certificates and other historical material connected with Limerick.
When contacting the archive about an item, please include:
- A brief description of the material
- The names of any known people
- The approximate date
- The location or event shown
- The name of the photographer or creator, where known
- Details of the current owner
- Any information about copyright or previous publication
Please do not send irreplaceable original material through the post unless arrangements have been agreed in advance. High-quality digital scans or clear photographs are generally sufficient for an initial assessment.
Submitting material does not automatically transfer ownership or copyright to Limerick Archives. Permission for publication, reproduction and attribution will be discussed before any material is used.
Corrections and Updates
Historical research is an ongoing process. Although every reasonable effort is made to present information accurately, errors, omissions and conflicting accounts may sometimes arise.
Readers who identify a possible error are invited to provide the relevant article title or page address, explain the proposed correction and include any supporting evidence. Submissions will be reviewed carefully, and verified corrections may be added to the appropriate page.
Differences of interpretation will not always constitute factual errors. Where the surviving evidence is uncertain or disputed, the archive may acknowledge more than one credible account.
Copyright and Image Enquiries
For questions about copyright, image ownership, reproduction permission, attribution or the proposed use of material published on Limerick Archives, please identify the exact article, photograph or document concerned.
Include details of how and where the material would be used, whether the use is commercial or non-commercial, the intended publication format and the expected audience.
Material must not be copied, republished, reproduced, altered or commercially distributed without the appropriate permission from the relevant copyright holder.
Media, Interviews and Speaking Enquiries
Journalists, broadcasters, researchers, documentary producers, schools, community organisations and cultural institutions may contact Limerick Archives regarding interviews, historical commentary, research collaboration, talks or media contributions.
Please include the name of the organisation, the subject of the enquiry, the proposed format and any relevant deadline.
Books by Gerard J. Hannan
Enquiries concerning books by Gerard J. Hannan, including media requests, author interviews and publishing matters, may also be submitted through this page.
Please state the title of the book and the nature of the enquiry. Questions concerning individual Amazon orders, deliveries, refunds or account matters should be directed to Amazon or the retailer through which the book was purchased.
Research Requests
Limerick Archives cannot guarantee that individual family-history, property-history or specialist research requests can be undertaken. Detailed research may require access to records held by libraries, local authorities, parish repositories, national institutions or commercial genealogy services.
Brief questions may be considered where time and available sources permit. Please provide names, dates, locations and any research already completed.
Response Times
Limerick Archives is independently maintained, and the volume of correspondence may sometimes make an immediate reply impossible. Messages containing clear information and a specific purpose are more likely to receive a useful response.
Repeated messages about the same enquiry are unnecessary. Urgent deadlines should be stated clearly, although a response by a particular date cannot be guaranteed.
Privacy
Personal information submitted through the contact form will be used only to consider and respond to the enquiry, assess contributed material or communicate about the matter raised.
Please do not include highly sensitive personal information unless it is essential. Information about living individuals should not be submitted for publication without their knowledge or a clear historical and lawful reason.
Further information is available on the Privacy Policy page.
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Thank You
Thank you for taking the time to contact Limerick Archives. Every photograph identified, memory preserved, correction submitted and story shared can help strengthen the historical record of Limerick city and county.
Limerick’s history belongs not only to institutions and official records, but also to the families, neighbourhoods, workplaces and communities that lived it.