Tenancy Dispute
A tenancy dispute involving a Limerick woman came before Cheltenham County Court in March 1900,...
Poverty and Housing
Historical stories concerning poverty, housing conditions, overcrowding, homelessness, workhouses, tenements, labourers’ cottages and social welfare in Limerick and Ireland between 1900 and 2000, showing how economic hardship affected families, neighbourhoods and everyday life.
Statistician Dies
Thomas Wrigley Grimshaw, physician, public-health reformer and former registrar-general for Ireland, died at his residence...
Recruitment Intensifies
A fresh sequence of enlistments was entered for the Royal Irish Regiment as recruiting activity...
Labourers Organise
Agricultural labourers throughout County Limerick and the wider Munster countryside continue to campaign for better...
Estates Reorganised
The Congested Districts Board is continuing its efforts to purchase and reorganise estates in the...
Western Hardship
Congestion, fragmented holdings and poor soil continue to govern the lives of thousands of families...
Cold Continuation
January came into Limerick without ceremony for most of the people who had to live...
Children Fed
Inghinidhe na hÉireann has linked its demand for national independence with practical concern for poor...
Pageantry Challenged
Nationalist newspapers have criticised Queen Victoria’s visit as an elaborate imperial spectacle staged while poverty,...