Confraterrnity Procession, George Street, Limerick, 1904

Description

This reconstructed scene shows George Street, Limerick, crowded during the Holy Fathers Confraternity procession around 1904. A dense gathering fills the roadway beneath tall brick commercial buildings, while banners, processional emblems and clustered clergy or officials mark the religious character of the event. Horse-drawn vehicles stand among the crowd, reinforcing the street’s everyday Edwardian atmosphere. Shopfronts, upper windows and gas lamps frame the ceremony as part of ordinary city life, where faith, public display and urban commerce met in the same civic space. The image captures Limerick’s strong confraternity culture and the communal importance of organised Catholic processions in Edwardian Ireland.