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Limerick Diocesan Archives
The fourteenth-century Black Book of Limerick, a unique link with the medieval church, formed the basis of a reconstituted archive for the diocese of Limerick in the early nineteenth century.
Genealogy: Parish Registers & Research Guide
Baptismal and marriage registers are held in individual parishes and not in a central repository. For conservation and data protection reasons, direct access to the registers is reserved to parish personnel. While parish staff make every effort to facilitate researchers, they are unable to prioritise queries. Access extends to entries up to and including 1910.
Latest Archives News
Bishop Brendan Leahy in conversation with Canon John O'Shea
In this conversation, Canon John talks about his journey to the priesthood, work in Labanon and other pastoral areas.
GOOD WISHES FROM BISHOP BRENDAN
- Bishop Brendan gives advice and encouragement to all Leaving Certificate students.
Bishop Brendan in Conversation with Bernadette Kiely
Bernadette talks about her passion for Church music and the need to train more choir leaders and members.
From the Archives - Fr James Fitzgibbon (1803-1832)
A young Limerick priest, victim of the cholera epidemic, 1832
From the Archives: Presentation Parlour
On this World Book Day revisiting Kate O'Brien's, Presentation Parlour
From the Archives - St Munchin's Memorial to Seoirse Clancy, Mayor of Limerick
Memorial in St Munchin's Church to Seoirse Clancy, Mayor of Limerick, killed on 7 March 1921
From the Archives - Limerick's Lent, 1966: Seven Houses in Seven Weeks
From St Anne's Guild, Limerick, an innovative 1966 Lenten fundraising initiative to build houses for older people.
From the Archives - Lenten Pastoral on Global Mystery Disease, 1892
Bishop O'Dywer's 1892 Lenten Pastoral on the global influenza epidemic which claimed the lives of thousands of Irish people.