Boat Clubs

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General

• Financial difficulties of rowing clubs in Limerick, Limerick Leader 1/12/1958, p1

• Whither Limerick rowing?, Limerick Leader 6/8/1960, p16

• The future of Limerick rowing, Limerick Leader 3/8/1963, p20

• Historic vessel Ilen will reclaim the seas, Limerick Leader 21/02/2015, p22

• Historic vessel AK Ilen set to take to waters in a year, Limerick Leader 06/06/2015, p4

Athlunkard Boat Club

• ABC fete: a record success, Limerick Leader 18/7/1923

• Photograph of ABC team, 1941, Limerick Chronicle 8/2/1994

• Diamond jubilee of famed ‘Parish’ club by Willie W. Gleeson, Limerick Leader 30/4/1958, p3

• Photograph of ABC crews and supporters, 1959, no source (probably Limerick Chronicle, 1990s)

• Photograph of  ABC crew at Cork Regatta, 1959, Limerick Chronicle, 20/10/1992

• The present and the past of ABC [Around the Rowing Clubs series], Limerick Chronicle 9/6/1962, p7

• Athlunkard sets headline for Limerick clubs, Limerick Chronicle 6/2/1965, p5(?)

• Photograph of ABC Maiden Eight, 1967, Limerick Chronicle 28/6/1994

• Photograph of ABC New York Cup winners 1967 Limerick Regatta, Limerick Chronicle 22/7/1997

• ABC’s big plans for its club, Limerick Leader 11/10/1971, p1

• The late Dave Whelan, Limerick Leader 11/12/1972, p1

• Death of Mr. Joe O’Shaughnessy, Limerick Leader 30/4/1975, p1

• Death of noted sportsman [Enda McNamara], Limerick Leader 21/12/1985, p4

• ABC’s unique and historic gates, Limerick Leader 26/2/1986, p5

• Thieves drive boat club on rocks, Limerick Leader 11/6/1988, p1

• Athlunkard Boat Club by W. W. Gleeson, Old Limerick Journal, vol. 7, Summer 1981, p17

• Photograph showing O’Dwyer Bridge and ABC in background, Limerick Christmas Gazette, 1989, p37

• Boat Club blessing ceremony, Limerick Leader 2/8/2008, 40

• Unique history of city sporting club chronicled, Limerick Leader 15/12/2012, p10

• A treasure trove of rowing memorabilia, Limerick Leader 6/2/2013, p12

• Centenary of famous boat race win by Athlunkard, Limerick Chronicle 6/8/2013, p10

Curraghgower Boat Club

• Boat club has links with mayoralty, Limerick Leader 6/9/1978

Limerick Boat Club

• The victory of the Limerick Boat Club at Castleconnell 1876 [ballad] by W.C.P., [source unknown]

• The two sides of Limerick BC [Around the Rowing Clubs series], Limerick Chronicle 2/6/1962, p7

• ‘Bring him to Barrington’s’ [Barrington’s and LBC] by Kevin Hannan, Old Limerick Journal, no. 24, Winter 1988

• 1877 – LBC 6^th Annual Report [A Memory of the Past’ column], Limerick Chronicle 25/3/1971, p3

• photograph of LBC unbeaten senior 8, 1947, Limerick Chronicle 30/3/1993

• note re death of Patrick McMahon, coxwain of LBC, 1952, Limerick Chronicle 26/5/1992 [40 years ago column]

• Limerick oarsmen honoured – historic ceremony of jubilee, Limerick Leader 13/12/1965, p1

• LBC’s indoor rowing tank, Limerick Chronicle 22/10/1966, p5

• Peter Lawless at helm for LBC centenary, Limerick Chronicle 8/11/1969, p3

• Busy days at LBC [includes photographs], Limerick Chronicle 18/4/1970, p3

• Mayor inaugurates LBC celebrations, Limerick Chronicle 16/5/1970, p3

• LBC celebrates its centennial year & LBC’s 1^st regatta, 1870, Limerick Chronicle 16/5/1970, p5

• LBC centenary – well rowed, Limerick! & An outline history, Limerick Leader 16/5/1970

• Alma Fitt’s great sporting tradition, Limerick Chronicle 28/8/1971, p5

• Bertie Wixted honoured by IARU and LBC, Limerick Chronicle 6/11/1971, p3

• 70 years later, another honour for man who got a gold … [Alma Fitt], L. Leader 13/9/1975, p9

• Boat club honour Mr. W. F. Treacy, Limerick Leader 24/11/1975, p1

• Boat club stays afloat despite VAT, Limerick Leader 10/12/1983, p5

• Tribute to a great oarsman [Bruce Murray], Limerick Leader 3/12/1984, p1

• LBC honours Dick Roche, Limerick Leader 21/12/1985, p2

• LBC surges ahead again, Limerick Leader 26/4/1986, p11

• Boat Club now into top draw, Limerick Leader 10/1/1994

• Pushing the boat out for local talent [music venue at LBC], Limerick Leader 2/9/2006, p15

• …meanwhile there is speculation…[development of LBC], Limerick Post 21/10/2006, p4

• Multi-million plan for LBC, Limerick Leader 23/12/2006, p1

• Photograph of LBC premises, Limerick Post 13/1/2007, p4

• Boat Club trade-off, Limerick Post 28/4/2007, p1&4

• Plain sailing for plan to knock Boat Club?, Limerick Leader 24/9/2007, p5

• An Taisce objects to boatclub plan, Limerick Leader 7/5/2008, p3

• An Taisce to object to €20m development of LBC, Limerick Leader 10/5/2008, p16

• Councillors oppose Boatclub plan, Limerick Leader 28/5/2008, p2

• Boat Club plan in balance, Limerick Leader 7/6/2008, p1 & 4

• Revised plans for boat club to be submitted to City Council, Limerick Leader 18/10/2008, p3

• Revised design…described as ‘worse than the original’…, Limerick Leader 25/10/2008, p20

• D-day for Boat Club in January, Limerick Post 20/12/2008, p1 & 4

• It’s sink or swim for boat club plan, Limerick Post 24/1/2009, p5

• Council to row out the boat on Friday, Limerick Post 31/1/2009, p10

• Now it’s the turn of our rowing heroes [rowing museum at LBC], Limerick Post 14/2/2009, p8

• Photo of members of Boat Club who won the New York Cup in 1953, Limerick Leader 21/05/2012, p19

• 1982: Limerick regatta and blessing of the boats at Athlunkard, Limerick Leader 06/08/2014, p2 & 3

• In 1964, Tony became club captain. He told his fiancée the wedding was off...until the rowing season was over, Limerick Life 8/2/2017, p6 

St. Michael’s Rowing Club

• St. Michael’s Rowing Club [Around the Rowing Clubs series], Limerick Chronicle 16/6/1962, p7

• St. Michael’s diamond jubilee, Limerick Leader 8/5/1976, back pg.

• St. Michael’s celebrate, Limerick Leader 3/11/1984, p2

• St. Michael’s are dual Irish champions, Limerick Leader 14/7/1986, p14

• St. Michael’s R.C. – a decade of glory, Limerick Leader 10/10/1987, p21

• St. Michael’s proud 150 years of sport [St. Michael’s Sporting Club], Limerick Leader 14/10/1989, p18

• St. Michael’s swing together, Limerick Leader 25/9/1993, p14 (Section 2)

• A century of achievement for St. Michael’s rowing club, Limerick Leader 6/10/2001, p18

• City rowing club seeks improved facilities, Limerick Leader 23/1/2013

• Champions:The junior 4 from St Michael's Rowing Club that went unbeaten during the 1973 season, Limerick Leader 13/1/2014, p6

• Slipway and pontoon development will transform riverside, Limerick Leader 14/06/2014, p2 

• Image of cub members and residents christening two new boats for St. Michael's Boat Club in 1975, Limerick Leader [Leader2] 16/12/2015, p11

• St. Michael's still making waves in world of rowing, Limerick Leader 05/11/2016, p20

• Mayor O'Hanlon remembers glory days at St Michael's, Limerick Leader 19/11/2016, p15 

Shannon Rowing Club

• Photograph extracted from poster marking publication of The Architectural Heritage of Limerick City, 2008

• Photograph of SRC clubhouse, Limerick Leader, Millennium Supplement, 1/1/2000

• Court case over club’s dwelling, Limerick Leader 1/10/1955, p1

• SRC: fine traditions recalled at annual dinner, Limerick Leader 30/1/1956, p1

• SRC entering centenary year, Limerick Chronicle 27/11/1965, p5

• Half a century’s search ends in SRC, Limerick Chronicle 2/12/1972, p3

• SRC – photonotes of old Limerick [series], Limerick Leader 21/5/1983, p6

• 100 years on, club receives original plans, Limerick Leader 4/12/1993

• Naming of new fleet for rowing club, Limerick Leader 20/9/2008, p48

• Carole is first woman to steer rowing club, Limerick Leader 20/12/2008, p7

• Shannon RC plans to keep head above water, Limerick Post 23/10/2010, p24

• Annacotty base for Shannon rowing club, Limerick Post 28/9/2013, p14

• Shannon Rowing Club archives preserved for future generations, Limerick Post 31/12/2016, p25 

 

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