George Street, Limerick, is shown as a broad, busy commercial thoroughfare in 1900, lined with red-brick Georgian buildings, shopfronts and shaded awnings. Horse-drawn carts and carriages move through the centre of the street, while pedestrians gather along the pavements in dark coats, hats and long dresses. The grand classical building in the distance gives the scene a civic dignity, contrasting with the daily movement of traders, shoppers and workers. Gas lamps, uneven road surfaces and open shopfronts evoke an Edwardian-era city still shaped by horses, local commerce and close public life, before motor traffic transformed Limerick’s central streets forever completely.
