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Limerick City Gallery of Art (LCGA; Irish: Gailearaí Ealaíon Chathair Luimní) [1] is an art museum in the city of Limerick, Ireland. [2] It is run by Limerick City Council [ 3 ] and is located in Pery Square, in the Newtown Pery area of the city.
The origins of the collection can be found in the purchase of fifteen self-portraits from the collection of the late John Kneafsey by the university in 1977. [1] Kneafsey worked as office manager for the Irish Independent newspaper and was a former Chair of the Limerick Art Society, a patron and collector of art. [2]
It has a collection of sixty-two thousand objects gathered through donations, purchase and long-term loan. In 2004, it became the first local authority in the state to have an online catalogue. In recent years, the number of visitors has increased from 13,000 in 2017 to 23,000 in 2018.
Limerick Museum and Archives (LM&A) was a partnership between two separate and distinct institutions, the Limerick City Museum and the Limerick Archives, which existed from 2013 and 2017. Both are funded by Limerick City and County Council .
The People's Museum hosts an extensive collection of items relating to the people of Limerick (city and county) and the culture of the region. It also covers military history and Limerick lace. Notable individuals profiled include Richard Bourke, Catherine Hayes, Frank McCourt and Seán Wall. [5] In August 2020 an exhibit of local taxidermy was ...
Limerick Archives holds a large amount of archival material relating to the Limerick City Council as well as older administrations such as Limerick Union. Materials in the collection include Limerick Rate Books, Registration of Motor Vehicles, private papers, such as Limerick Chamber of Commerce, Bedford Row Lying-in Hospital. [1]
City Hall (Irish: Halla na Cathrach, Luimneach) is a municipal facility at Merchant's Quay, Limerick, Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Limerick City and County Council . History
On the cessation of hostilities, he worked as a farmer and a rate collector for Limerick County Council.He was a founder member of Fianna Fáil. [4] He was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil TD for the Limerick West constituency at the 1948 general election and re-elected at each election until his death in 1967. [5]