Houses, City

 

 

See seperate file for 'Boru House, Mulgrave Street'

 

A list of houses in Limerick City & County from the Field Name Books compiled for Ordnance Survey, c.1840

 

Assembly House, Charlotte Quay

• A bit of reminiscence of old Limerick, no source (probably Limerick Chronicle mid-1800s)

Baggott Estate

• Corporation to purchase Baggott Estate, Limerick Chronicle 13/6/1972, p1

• Baggott Estate: public inquiry held in Limerick, Limerick Leader 7/12/1974, p9

• New era for city’s urban forest, Limerick Post 17/1/2009, p12

Bengal Terrace

•  Bengal Terrace and its roots [source unknown]

Billy Carr’s House

• see ‘St. Mary’s town house, Athlunkard Street’

‘Bishop’s Lady’s House’, Church Street

• The Bishop’s Lady’s house, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p8

Bishop’s Palace, 104 Henry Street

• 4-part series of articles on the building, Limerick Chronicle 24/6, 1/7, 8/7, 15/7 & 22/7/1972

• Palatial again: the old Bishop’s Palace, Limerick Leader 10/1/1987, p18

Bishop's Palace North Circular Road

• Landmark house destroyed by fire, Limerick Leader 07/11/2016, p2 

Castlepark House, Moyross

• Photograph, ‘The Irish Ancestor vol. III, no. 1’, 1971

• 2 photographs, ‘Houses of Clare’ by Hugh Weir, 1986

• Twelve-hour blaze guts £1m architectural gem, Irish Independent 24/8/2001, p8

• Things going bump in the night don’t spook investors, Irish Examiner 6/6/2002, p11

• Moyross mansion hits €40m, Irish Independent 20/12/2007, p16

• Moyross neighbour is back in fashion, Limerick Leader 28/11/2007, p10

• 'Haunted' house falls in value by €39 million in 5 years, Limerick Leader 3/11/2012, p15

Church of Ireland Deanery, Ennis Road

• The Deanery restored and revitalised, Limerick Post 1/7/2006, p44

Dutch-gabled houses

• Dutch-gabled houses of the Englishtown [drawing], Old Limerick Journal no. 24, p30 (see also 'Architecture' file)

Fanning’s Castle

• (see also ‘Castles’ file) – Photograph, Limerick Chronicle 27/6/1970, p5

Ferry House, Plassey

• The Ferry House at Plassey, Limerick Christmas Gazette 1992, p16

Galwey House (‘Ireton’s House’)

• Photograph, ‘Tercentenary Commemoration of the Siege of Limerick’, p71

Gleeson’s House, Garryowen

• Photograph, Old Limerick Journal no. 8, p16

Hogan’s house at 6 Barrington Street

• Photograph, Old Limerick Journal no. 23, p112

‘Ireton’s House’ (Galwey’s Castle)

• Miscellanea note from Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, 1894, p386-389

Johnsgate cottage

• Photograph, Limerick In Days Gone By by Frank Hamilton, p39

Kilcornan, North Circular Road

• Advertisment for sale of Kilcornan, Limerick Leader 03/12/2016, p9 (Property) 

• Magnificent period residence on NCR, Limerick Chronicle 19/11/2016, p19 

Kilmoyle, North Circular Road

• 7 newspaper articles re sale of Kilmoyle (former RC bishop’s residence), Limerick Leader 6/6, 9/6, 23/6, 30/6, 7/7, 14/7, 22/9/2007

Leamy House, Hartstonge Street

• Leamy House on market for €325K, Limerick Chronicle 09/09/2014, p1

Lord Limerick’s house, Henry Street

• City architects win Euro award, Limerick Leader 31/1/1987, p4

Park View, Corbally

• Advertisement for sale of Park View House, c.1920

Park House, Corbally

• Park House, Corbally by Kevin Hannan, Limerick Christmas Gazette ’88, p9

Plassey House

• The haunting of Plassey House by John Rainsford, Old Limerick Journal vol. 45, Winter 2011

Roseville House, Corbally

• Real Estate advertisment, Limerick Leader 3/9/2013, p24

Sailors’ Home, O’Curry Street

• The Limerick Sailors' Home by Tadhg Moloney, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 51 (2011)

• O’Curry Street home for seamen that never was, Limerick Post 27/2/2010, p32

• Pass the buck leaves protected building to rot, Limerick Post 27/3/2010, p8

Shannon Lawn, North Circular Road

• Photograph, 1988, formerly a Barrington residence, Old Limerick Journal no. 24, p57

Southill House

• Future of Southill mansion discussed, Limerick Leader 8/5/1985, p1

• Protest at removal of Southill pillars, Limerick Leader 8/6/1987, p12

• Mayor turns key to new bright Southill, Limerick Chronicle 18/1/2000, p9

• Southill House vinery to be restored to former glory, Limerick Post 1/5/2010, p14

St. Mary’s town house, Athlunkard Street (aka Billy Carr’s House)

• Interesting history is recalled, Limerick Leader 12/8/2000, p17

Summerville House

• Summerville House-  Harvey’s connection, Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p20

• The history of Summerville House, Limerick Christmas Gazette 1988 

Sunville House

• Cleeves, O’Malleys…who next at Sunville House, Limerick Leader 31/10/1981

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