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How to contact Limerick Archives with questions, corrections, contributions, concerns and reuse requests.

The Contact page is the principal way to communicate with Limerick Archives about questions, corrections, contributions, copyright, accessibility, privacy and use of historical material. Messages are reviewed by an independently operated archive, so clear information helps each enquiry reach the correct record and receive an appropriate response. Visitors should choose a specific subject, identify the relevant page or item and explain what they need. General messages are welcome, but detailed requests are easier to investigate. The archive does not maintain a large administrative staff, and replies may not be immediate. Patience and complete information support useful, accurate communication with visitors.

Questions about an archive item should include its title, archive reference or direct page link whenever possible. Similar photographs may show the same street, building or event, so a vague description can lead to confusion. Visitors can quote the caption, mention the people shown or explain where the item appears on the website. If the question concerns a particular detail, that detail should be identified. Providing the relevant context reduces unnecessary searching and allows Limerick Archives to compare the request with catalogue notes, source records and related material. Accurate references are especially important when several versions of an image exist.

Corrections should be submitted with the existing information, the proposed replacement and an explanation of how the change is known. Supporting evidence may include photographs, documents, directories, newspapers, maps, family records or direct personal knowledge. Contributors should distinguish confirmed facts from recollection or opinion. Limerick Archives will assess the information and may ask follow up questions before updating a record. A respectful correction is always welcome, even when the archive ultimately retains the existing description because evidence remains uncertain. Clear communication helps preserve trust and ensures that changes improve the historical record rather than replacing one unsupported claim with another.

Contribution enquiries should describe the material before large files are sent. Visitors can explain whether they have photographs, letters, documents, memories, newspaper cuttings or another type of record, together with its connection to Limerick. Useful details include approximate quantity, dates, locations, ownership and physical condition. The archive can then advise on scanning, file transfer, credits and permission. Contributors should not send confidential, unlawful or highly sensitive material without prior discussion. Beginning with a clear description allows Limerick Archives to assess relevance and choose a practical method for receiving material without creating unnecessary technical, privacy, security or copyright risks online safely.

Copyright and reuse requests should identify the exact item and describe the intended publication. Relevant details may include whether the use is personal, educational or commercial, the format, print run, audience, territory and duration. Limerick Archives can explain what rights it controls and whether another photographer, contributor, publisher or institution may need to be contacted. A request does not guarantee permission, and online availability should not be treated as automatic authorisation. Commercial users should seek written approval before production. Complete information allows the archive to respond accurately and prevents misunderstandings after material has already been printed, broadcast, sold or distributed.

Accessibility problems can be reported through the Contact page. A useful message identifies the affected page, describes what could not be read or operated and mentions the device, browser or assistive technology involved where possible. Examples include poor contrast, missing alternative text, keyboard traps, inaccessible forms, unreadable scans or layouts that fail on mobile screens. Screenshots can help when they do not expose private information. Limerick Archives will investigate whether the barrier comes from its content, theme, plugin or embedded service. Not every problem can be corrected immediately, but specific reports guide practical improvements and help prioritise future improvement work.

Privacy concerns should identify the item or message involved and explain the possible harm, incorrect information or unwanted disclosure. A person may request correction of contact details, removal of unnecessary personal information or review of a photograph containing sensitive circumstances. Limerick Archives will consider identity, age, context, public interest, historical value and legal responsibilities before deciding what action is appropriate. Possible responses include correction, redaction, restricted access, additional context or removal. The archive may ask for enough information to verify the requester’s connection with the record. Privacy enquiries are handled carefully and should not include unrelated sensitive personal details unnecessarily.

Technical problems such as broken links, missing images, failed searches or pages displaying incorrectly can also be reported. Visitors should mention the page address, approximate time, device and browser, together with any error message shown. A screenshot may help reproduce the fault. Because caching and browser settings can affect results, users may be asked to refresh the page or test another device. Limerick Archives values these reports because technical failures can hide material from visitors even when the historical record itself is correct. Clear reports allow problems to be separated from temporary internet, browser or third party service issues elsewhere.

Messages should remain respectful, relevant and safe. Visitors should not submit passwords, banking details, malicious files, threats, unlawful content or excessive unrelated personal information. Attachments may be checked for security before opening. Repeated abusive or disruptive messages can be blocked, while legitimate criticism and disagreement will be considered on their merits. Limerick Archives welcomes questions asked in good faith and recognises that local history can involve strong emotions or conflicting memories. Constructive communication makes it easier to examine evidence, correct mistakes and preserve difficult subjects without turning correspondence into personal conflict, hostility or avoidable misunderstanding within historical discussion and research.

Contacting Limerick Archives is part of a wider partnership between the project and the public. Many improvements begin with a message identifying a person, correcting a date, offering a photograph or explaining a barrier. The archive cannot promise an immediate or favourable answer to every request, but it will aim to consider relevant enquiries fairly. Visitors help by providing exact references, supporting evidence and clear expectations. The Contact page should be used whenever guidance elsewhere does not answer a specific question. Through careful communication, Limerick Archives can strengthen its collections, protect contributors and make Limerick history more accurate and accessible.

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Books Supporting the Archive

Every Book Purchased Helps Support The Continuing Work Of Limerick Archives.

Ashes

The Ashes Trilogy, Book One

Ashes begins the story of a group of children growing up in the streets and lanes of Limerick, where poverty and hardship are balanced by humour, imagination and fierce friendship. Their city is more than a setting: it watches, remembers and gives voice to lives often absent from official history. As the children explore their neighbourhood, they encounter family pressures, faith, hunger, danger and the first signs of a changing world. Through their adventures and loyalties, the novel captures the resilience of ordinary people and introduces the characters whose lives will unfold across the three volumes of The Ashes Trilogy.

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Gurriers

The Ashes Trilogy, Book Two

Gurriers continues the lives of the Limerick children introduced in Ashes as childhood freedom begins to give way to work, responsibility and harsher choices. Their friendships remain strong, but poverty, family expectations, faith and the pressures of growing older test loyalties once taken for granted. The streets and lanes still offer humour, adventure and belonging, yet the wider world increasingly intrudes upon their lives. Through vivid dialogue, memorable characters and the watchful voice of Limerick itself, the novel explores resilience, identity and change while showing how even the closest companions can be drawn towards futures by circumstances beyond their control.

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Scattered

The Ashes Trilogy, Book Three

Scattered concludes The Ashes Trilogy as the friends who once shared Limerick’s streets and lanes face adulthood, work, hunger, faith, family duty and emigration. Time has altered their ambitions, tested their loyalties and carried some beyond the city that formed them. Yet memory continues to bind Louie, Seamus, Joe, Sean, Peter, Tony, Bardy, Maura, Eileen, Nora, Lingo and the mysterious Gleamer. Narrated through the enduring presence of Limerick itself, the novel explores separation, sacrifice and survival while recognising the humour and affection that remain. Together, their scattered lives complete a moving portrait of friendship, community and change across changing generations.

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Threshold

The Troubles Trilogy, Book One

Threshold opens in Belfast in 1968, where the Catholic Devlins and Protestant Morrows confront a city divided by religion, memory and fear. Civil rights marches, police violence, riots and internment transform ordinary streets into dangerous frontiers while political conflict enters homes, workplaces and schools. At the centre are Aileen Devlin and Thomas Morrow, whose relationship challenges the boundaries their families regard as essential to survival. As loyalty hardens into suspicion, both must decide whether inherited allegiance excuses injustice. Through family arguments, upheaval and private courage, the novel explores love, conscience, division and survival during the opening years of the Troubles.

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Hunger

The Troubles Trilogy, Book Two

Hunger is Book Two of The Troubles Trilogy, set in Belfast during the 1980s. Aileen Devlin and Thomas Morrow have built a fragile life across the city’s sectarian divide, but the conflict threatens the home they created for their daughter, Claire. As hunger strikes, the Anglo Irish Agreement and violence reshape Northern Ireland, republican Declan and loyalist Billy exploit fear, grief and vulnerable young men. Against them stand Aileen, Kathleen and Elsie, whose quiet strength keeps their families human. This is a story of love, survival and the courage to place people before causes in a divided society under pressure.

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Crossing

The Troubles Trilogy, Book Three

Crossing concludes The Troubles Trilogy during the decade from 1990 to 2000, as Belfast moves from violence towards negotiation, ceasefires and uncertain peace. The Devlin and Morrow families face political change alongside grief, ageing, divided loyalties and the consequences of choices made across three decades. Relationships once threatened by religious boundaries are tested by memory, mistrust and the fear that compromise may betray the dead. As the peace process gathers momentum, ordinary people must decide whether reconciliation is possible. The trilogy closes with a story of endurance, forgiveness, loss and hope beyond inherited division, proving that peace begins with courage.

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Severance

Historical Novel

Severance is a historical novel set in Ballingarry, County Limerick, during Ireland’s struggle for independence. A torn and bloodied dispatch passes through fields, kitchens, lofts and hidden routes, placing everyone who handles it in danger. Michael Enright carries the burden of trust, while Mary, Molly and their neighbours struggle to preserve the message and protect one another. Against them, Captain Edward Harcourt studies every delay, wound and fragment for clues. As loyalty, fear and betrayal tighten around the hidden network, ordinary people must decide what they are willing to risk when history enters their homes and silence itself becomes dangerous.

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Limerick Generations: 1900 to 1909

Limerick Decalogy, Book One

Limerick Generations: 1900 to 1909 opens the decade by documenting a city and county entering the twentieth century amid political debate, commercial activity, poverty, faith and technological change. Month by month, the book connects major Irish developments with local events, institutions, streets and communities. Public meetings, labour, transport, education, sport, business and everyday life reveal how national questions were experienced in Limerick. Historical reports and carefully reconstructed narratives bring forgotten moments and ordinary people into focus. As Book One of Limerick Decalogy, it establishes the foundation for a ten volume journey through one hundred years of local history and memory.

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Limerick Generations: 1910 to 1919

Limerick Decalogy, Book Two

Limerick Generations: 1910 to 1919 traces a decade of political transformation, labour conflict, war, revolution and social change across Limerick city and county. Home Rule, unionist resistance, trade union organisation and the First World War entered streets, farms, schools, workplaces and family life. The Easter Rising, conscription crisis, influenza pandemic and general election altered public loyalties and expectations. The decade culminated in the Limerick Soviet of 1919, when workers challenged military restrictions through organised collective action. As Book Two of Limerick Decalogy, the volume preserves local experiences of hardship, courage, grief, endurance and change during years of intense historic upheaval.

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Restoring History

Limerick Archives preserves, enhances, restores and colourises historic photographs, sometimes presenting fresh angles on familiar scenes. When no suitable public-domain image exists, we create carefully researched AI illustrations for archive articles. We also invite the public to submit photographs for restoration and possible publication, with ownership always remaining entirely theirs.