Limerick City Archives

Limerick City Archives provides for the collection and preservation of archives relating to Limerick City . Limerick City Council is the first local authority in Ireland to make archive collections available online. The digitised collections are freely available to the public to promote research into the history of Limerick City via a virtual archive. The service is funded by Limerick City Council and holds records of the authority including predecessor bodies - Board of Guardians and Rural District Councils. Limerick City Archives also holds private papers relating to Limerick city including a large collection of solicitor’s deeds, the De Vere Papers, Cannocks, Limerick Chamber of Commerce and Limerick Harbour Commissioners. The archives service is committed to preserving and documenting the past to ensure that the history of the city is accessible to its citizens.

Websites:

www.limerickcity.ie

www.limerick.ie

Address:

The Archivist,

Limerick City Archives,

Limerick City Council,

Merchants Quay,

Limerick ,

Co. Limerick

Contact: Jacqui Hayes

Phone: 061 407293