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25th Anniversary of Limerick Civic Trust

On the 17th of February 2008 Limerick Civic Trust celebrated the 25th anniversary of our formal public inauguration meeting which was held at the Mary Immaculate College on 17th February 1983.

To commemorate and celebrate this landmark occasion our Director, Denis Leonard has documented a history of our organisation and project work in a book titled" Limerick Civic Trust – The First Twenty Five Years" . This personal account is in a hardback book in full colour throughout. There are over three hundred illustrations and between the story of the Trust in section one and the appendices in section two a formative record about Limerick Civic Trust unfolds in a very easy to read manner.

On Saturday 16th February 2008 the Minister for Defence Mr. Willie O' Dea T.D formally launched our book at City Hall, Merchants Quay, Limerick .

“ Limerick Civic Trust – The First Twenty Five Years” has been made possible through the patronage of Shannon Development Company to whom we express our sincerest appreciation.

"Limerick Civic Trust-The First Twenty Five Years" is for sale at O'Mahony's Bookstore, O'Connell St, Limerick, Bishops' Palace (Limerick Civic Trust headquaters) and the Georgian House & Gardens, No.2 Pery Square at a cost of €25.

 

The People's Park New Entrance

The People's Park new entrance was formally opened on the 17th February 2008 by Edmund 7th Earl of Limerick and his mother Sylvia Countess of Limerick. It is also very appropriate that this new gate will be known as the Pery Gate. The Pery Family have been associated with Limerick since the 17 th Century and possibly Edmund Sexton Pery (also known as Speaker Pery because he was the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons for eighteen years) is the most famous member of the family. The Earls of Limerick are descendents of the Speaker's brother Bishop William Cecil Pery.

The People's Park new entrance enriches not only the Park but also the Streetscape. It's a very striking vista from Colbert Station which will greatly impress visitors to our City. Seamus Carr's stroke of genius to curve the entrance into the Park works very well and it also provides added space for a public Monument. The four pillars are replicated from the lower sections of the main entrance at Pery Square .

 

Limerick Civic Trust's 25 month calendar – January 2008 – January 2010

For the perfect present why not give a gift of Limerick Civic Trust's limited edition 25 th anniversary calendar. Each page features interesting facts and images from the Trust's extensive history.  Calendars are available directly from The Bishops Palace, The Georgian House or by calling 061 313399. Calendars are selling fast so place your order today!

 

Catherine Hayes Events

On February 9 th 2007 Limerick Civic Trust held an event in the House of Lords, London to celebrate the completion of the restoration of the burial place and memorial of Catherine Hayes in Kensal Green Cemetery , London . The renowned opera buff Lord Trimble was guest speaker at this event. The overall cost of the restoration of the grave is in the region of €25,000. Donations are invited to defray the cost of this work.

On February 10th a ceremony was held in Kensal Green to mark the completion of the work during which a plaque was unveiled noting Limerick Civic Trust's involvement in the restoration.

The restoration of Catherines' burial place is the start of the Catherine Hayes projects and will be followed by:

•  The restoration of her childhood home at No.4 Patrick Street Limerick.

•  The provision of a display of a collection of material associated with her.

•  The establishment of a bursary to assist students of music to further their studies or careers.

The Catherine Hayes website can be viewed from the link at the bottom of our home page.

 

The Limerick We Don't See no.3 On Sale Now

The Limerick We Don't See no.3 is a photographic challenge to find one hundred architectural features in the Irishtown (Johnsgate Area). For this competition we are giving €2000 in prizes. Our past two volumes have enjoyed tremendous success and this time round we expect even greater interest. To be in with a chance just purchase a copy from Limerick Civic Trust at the Bishops' Palace, The Georgian House & Garden or the various local bookstores and start looking at the Limerick you have or haven't seen. Goodluck!

 

Made in Limerick Vol. II On Sale Now

This second volume in the series published by Limerick Civic Trust investigates further the history of industries, trades and commerce of Limerick. Made in Limerick fills a void in local history studies as previosly no systematic study has been undertaken exploring the subject. The series provides a valuable service as a platform for specialist articles and essays on the city's business and commercial development that would not normally see the light of day in traditional local history publications. Made in Limerick Vol. II encompasses a wide variety of topics ranging from the foundation of the city by the vikings in the early tenth century to the present day economic development of Limerick City. Made in Limerick Vol. II is edited by David Lee & Debbie Jacobs and retails at:€30 softback / €75 hardback.

 

Limerick Attractions Guide – Re. printed   

This guide to the various visitor attractions in Limerick City is the only specialist guide of it’s kind for the city. It gives all the relevant information for each of the venues. The guide won a World Award in 2004 and is one of the most useful guides for this region. An up-dated version of the guide has been prepared and 50,000 copies printed.

 

New Logo for Limerick Civic Trust

Dr. Thomas Ryan RHA has very kindly designed a new logo for the Trust. The logo depicts the activity areas of the Trust through the Castle (Heritage) and the planter box (Environment). The design of our new logo has a second purpose for a new project which is due to be announced.

 

Greyhound Meeting

Limerick Civic Trust recently held its 15 th Greyhound Benefit Meeting at the Greyhound Racing Stadium in Limerick . It was highly successful with a large attendance who enjoyed a most exciting night of greyhound racing.The eight race is the feature event with the highest prize money and to add to the tension for this race a Buster draw was promoted. It's a novel idea which is now a regular part of benefit meetings. Between the six greyhounds there are 720 different finishing orders (120 per dog) so the holder of the ticket with the finishing order of the six dogs in the feature race wins €1,000. This year Mr. Kieran Finucane of Finucane's Electrical, Ballysimon was the Buster winner. Kieran is a regular supporter of Limerick Civic Trust and his luck came good this year.

 

Golf Classic

During 2008 Limerick Civic Trust is celebrating the 25 th anniversary of its establishment on 17 th February 1983. One of the feature events in our calendar of 25 activities was our 20th golf classic. So just like Limerick Civic Trust our golf classic has stood the test of time.

This year certainly was a test in view of the difficult financial times which prevail. It is therefore most gratifying to be able to say that we nearly held our entry numbers of previous years with 41 teams participating.

The format of teams of four playing better-ball, four-ball was the same as previous years. As usual there were a few teams which excelled and most of the prize winners came from the following pack. The spread of the winning scores ranged from 88pts for 1st , 84pts for 2nd , 3rd had 83pts & 77pts won 10th prize.

Limerick Civic Trust has set itself a very challenging target of undertaking twenty-five projects this year. We are well on our way to achieving this goal with projects like the new entrance into the People's Park, the 25 year history of Limerick Civic Trust book, a schools art competition, the abbey wall, art in the street booklet & walking maps, all completed to-date and many more are at work in progress stages.

“Fundraising events like our annual golf classic enable Limerick Civic Trust plan and execute a very ambitious programme of activities. These fundraising events give the general public an opportunity to subscribe to the betterment of Limerick by supporting the work of the Trust. Limerick Civic Trust is therefore the beneficiary of very badly needed funds from its various activities so Limerick 's image is the ultimate winner” said Martin Bourke, Chairman, Limerick Civic Trust speaking prior to the presentation of their prizes.

The James McMahon Team were the outright winners with a score of 88pts their team comprised of Adrian Murphy (8) Charlie O'Neill (19) Paul Ahern (8) and Mark Ahern (13). The runners up were the Seamus Carrs team on 84 points who had a better back nine score than the Grant Thornton team who also had 83 points.

Schools Art Competition

A keynote initiative in the Limerick Civic Trust programme for 2008 was to revive our Primary Schools Art Project.

It is over ten years ago since we held the last Art Project. The last one had 1,466 entries from 33 schools. We presented 142 prizes. After careful consideration we decided to promote our 2008 School's Art Project along similar lines as before.

The object of our Art Project is to encourage a better appreciation of Limerick amongst the schools and young children. The Art Project is therefore designed to provide fun and enjoyment as well as general knowledge.

In order to encourage an interest and participation we are providing, through our sponsors, many prizes of modest value rather than giving out a few overall prizes. Each winner will be presented with their prize and certificate by the Mayor of Limerick, Cllr Ger Fahy at the City Hall, June 16 th 2008.

Limerick Civic Trust wish's to convey our gratitude for all the school's who entered in our Children's Art Competition. Overall it was a great success and we received over 500 entries. We were also very pleased to get many complimentary comments from the teachers judging from which it appears that our principal aim, to hold an art competition which would be educational and fun, was achieved.

Limerick Civic Trust wishes to acknowledge the very kind sponsorship of O'Mahony's Booksellers and World of Colour for this Schools Art Project.

Following is the list of the 2008 winners............

 

Category 1

1st Class

Catherine MCAuley

1 st Christopher Kelly

2 nd Dylan Woodland

3 rd Jeffery Hoare

Nicker N.S.

1st Tommy O'Connor

2nd Fionnán O'Sullivan

3rd Adam Flynn

St. Michale's Infant School

1st Aaron Keane

2nd Wendy Sheehan

3rd Jerome Sarsfield

St. Mary's Girls

1st Danielle Bussoli

2nd Joelle Sheedy

3rd Ebony O'Donoghue

Gaelscoil Sheorise Clancy

1st Cail Ní Mhacdha

2nd Adam Dove

3rd Dale Morrisey

Donoughmore N.S.

1st Ruth Dollard

2nd Diarmuid Maher

3rd Caitlin McCarthy

St. Patricks G.N.S

1st Maria McNamara

2nd Leah O'Reilly

Category 2

2nd Class

School Name Pupil Name

Gailscoil Sheorise Clancy

1st Chloe Guého

2nd Jadine Wong

3rd Michaela Benson

St Fergus N.S. Glin

1st Ciara Shine

2nd Grace Lynch

3rd Tristan Regan

Donoughmore

1st Megan Deedigan

2nd Shóna Hickey

3rd Caoimhe Lee

Nicker National

1st Eirn Hannon

2nd Hannah O'Dwyer

3rd Timmy Murnane

Kilcolman

1st Sinéad Donovan

2nd Róisín Nolan

Loughill N.S.

1st Elisabeth Scanlan

2nd Róisín Noonan

Galvone N.S.

1st Courtney Keehan

2nd Jack O'Donoghue

Ballylanders

1st Ciarain Meade

2nd Rebbca Condon

Category 3

3rd Class

Martinstown N.S.

1st Frank Crowley

2nd Emma Hanley

St. Joseph 's

1st Kate Maguire

2nd Amy Neville Day

3rd Ciara Gavin

Nicker

1st Caoimhe Ryan

2nd Craig Ryan

3rd Saoirse Corbett

St. Patricks G.N.S.

1st Abbygail O'Connor

2nd Martyna Lewandowska

3rd Julia Yarmak

St. John 's G.S.

1st Malvina Kossoweska

2nd Ciara Mullane

3rd Olivia Szafran

Catherine McAuley

1st Jordan Foran

2nd Jeffery Healy

3rd Shauna O'Connell

Ballylanders N.S.

1st Fionn O'Leary

Donoughmore N.S.

1st Jordan Doyle

2nd Mark Angley

3rd Amy McCormack

Scoil Chatriona

1st Shannon Crump

2nd Sophie Timmons

3rd Cora Ryan

Kilcoman N.S.

1st Jack O'Connor

2nd Amy Keane

3rd Sarah Flynn

Ashford N.S.

1st Tim Larkin

2nd Sarah Harnett

3rd Laura Grant

Gáilscoil Sheorise Clancy

1st Denicke Hickey

2nd Connor Buston

3rd Simone Doyle

Carnane N.S.

1st Caóimhe Power Gallagher

2nd Lisa Byrne

Gearld Griffin N.S.

1st Petra Burns Lane

2nd Gavin Fitzgerald

3rd Vickie Moore

St. Munchins CBS

1st Marcus Rice

2nd Aaron Phillips

3rd P.J. Holohan

Category 4

4th Class

St. Mary 's N.S. Croom

1st Dara O'Farrell

2nd Aoife Murray

3rd Chelsea O'Shea

Kilfinny Adare

1st Niamh Houlihan

Martinstown N.S.

1st Ciarán Gilbert

2nd Emma O'Meara

C.B.S Sexton Street

1st Darren Kavanagh

2nd Philip Power

3rd Cezary Lenart

Ballybrown N.S.

1st Rachel Kerins

2nd Sarah Cusack

3rd Daniel Egan

Ashford N.S.

1st Leighanne Shanahan

2nd Sharon Carmody

3rd Maebh Hennessy

Kilcolman N.S.

1st James O'Connor

2nd Eoin O'Keefe

3rd Darragh O'Connor

Niker N.S.

1st Amy Linnane

2nd Shauna Rice

3rd Augustinas Vaitkeviciuf

Catherine McAuley

1st Annie McInerney

2nd Brian O'Neill

3rd Christopher Massey

Croom N.S.

1st Jessie Nash

2nd Caoimhe Daly

3rd Chloe Sheerin

Gailscoil Sheoirse

1st Chelsea Barry

2nd Tamara McCallig

3rd Donna Ahern

Scoil Chaitriona

1st Katelynn Doyle

2nd Rachel Colman

3rd Mairead O'Flynn

Category 5

6th Class

Scoil Chaitriona

1st Colleen Heatley

2nd Katelynn Keogh

3rd Colette Holmes

Catherine McAuley

1st Elizabeth Moloney

2nd Paul Hollywood

3rd Jason McNamara

 

 

 

       

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