Finding Items in the Collection

Finding Items in the Collection


The main part of the collection is held in the Reserve Section of Limerick City Library. The books, some of the more modern journals and match programmes can be viewed in the Local Studies Department in the main Public Library. The rest of the collection, housed in the Reserve, is mainly held in filing cabinets.

Cabinet 1, Drawer 1
  • The Scrapbooks
  • Great Limerick Athletes / Sportsmen (nos. 1-49) Scrapbook No. 9
  • Great Limerick Athletes / Sportsmen (nos. 50-200) Lever Arch file
  • Great Limerick Athletes / Sportsmen (nos. 200- ) Twinlock Crystalfile
  • Also envelope with miscellaneous cuttings including reports of All-Ireland football and hurling finals of early 1980s and some other miscellaneous items.
Cabinet 1, Drawer 2
  • Bound volumes of An Camán & An Gaedheal
  • Irish Independent GAA Golden Jubilee publication, Easter 1934.
  • Irish Press Golden Jubilee supplement.
  • Also some books, miscellaneous clippings (some particularly of Newcastle West club in the '70s).

Cabinet 1, Drawer 3
  • Folders with match programmes

Cabinet 2, Drawers 1, 2 & 3
  • Limerick Clubs files
  • Also, one large size picture of the Limerick All-Ireland winning team, 1973
Cabinet 2, Drawer 4
  • General files:
  • The Gaelic Grounds / Páirc na nGael, etc.
Cabinet 3, Drawer 1
  • All-Ireland finals & semi-finals files
  • All-Ireland Congresses from 1960
Cabinet 3, Drawers 2 & 3

  • Various general files including:
  • Munster Championships of the 1980s.
  • The Mackey Story.
  • G.A.A.-related verse.
Cabinet 3, Drawer 4
  • Counties files - file for each county
Cabinet 4, Drawer 1
  • Files with newspaper cuttings in chronological sequence, 1937-1959
Cabinet 4, Drawer 2
  • Files with newspaper cuttings in chronological sequence, 1960-1979
Cabinet 4, Drawer 3
  • Files with newspaper cuttings in chronological sequence, 1980-1987.
  • Also some general files: GAA founders, GAA Presidents etc.
Cabinet 4, Drawer 4
  • Miscellaneous general files including schools,athletics, Limerick club records etc.
     
The Journals Folders Folder 1
  • Gaelic Weekly News
  • Gaelic News
Folder 2
  • An Gaedheal
  • Irish Echo (New York Irish magazine)
  • The Gaelic Echo
Folders 3 to 8
  • Gaelic Weekly
Folder 9
  • Various special edition newspaper supplements re GAA Centenary, 1984 and GAA congresses
Folder 10
  • The Gaelic Athlete Journal
  • The Gaelic Sportsman

previousPrevious - The Books, Yearbooks, etc.
Next - Great Limerick Sportsmennext