Notable Limerick People

Some notable limerick people include:

Gilbert (d. 1145)                                    First Bishop of Limerick

David Wolfe (1528-c.1578)                Jesuit Missionary

Peter Lacy (1678-1751)                      Soldier

George Browne (1698—1792)           Soldier

Aindreas MacCraith (c.1708-1795)     Poet

Seán Ó Tuama (1707/8-1775)             Poet

Edmund Sexten Pery (1719-1806)     Politician and Developer

Sylvester O’Halloran (1728 - 1807)    Historian and Medical Doctor

Timothy Collopy (fl. 1777-1811)          Artist

Catherine Hayes (1818-61)                 Opera Singer

Thomas J. Westropp (1860-1922)      Antiquarian

Dermod O’Brien (1865-1945)              Artist

Joseph O’Mara (1864-1927)               Opera Singer

Seán Keating (1889-1977)                  Artist

Kate O’Brien (1897-1974)                    Novelist

Sophie Pierce (1896 - 1939)                Aviator and Sportswoman

Aengus Buckley (1913-78)                   Fresco Painter

Mainchín Seoighe (1920-2006)           Údar

Frank McCourt (1930-2009)                 Author

Desmond Fitzgerald (1937-2011)       Aesthete and Author


 


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