Number 44. Winter 2010 €10.00
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The Castleconnell Bogs, John's Canal and the Stein Brown Distillery by Brian J. Goggin 8
An Act of Bravery Rewarded by Brian Hodkinson 14
‘Schools of Corruption:’ The Contexts for Seán South's Antisemitism by Sean Gannon 16
The Last Voyage of the M.V. Plassey by Michael Kirwan 25
Merry Widows of Limerick City, 1777 to 1801 by Noel Murphy 29
Rock and Roll Days at the Savoy – The last years of Limerick’s great theatre by Mike Maguire 33
Limerick Boat Club's Great Tradition by Denis O'Shaughnessy 43
Croker’s Famine Letters: Ballyneety Relief Committee: and Mrs Croker's Soup Kitchen by Joseph Lennon 47
Limerick and the Paris Peace Conference 1919 by Des Ryan 51
The Old Harbour Canal, Part Two: Crisis Management 1895-1930 by John Rainsford 58
Governors, Staff and Lunatics – Life in the Limerick District Lunatic Asylum 1827-1901 by Elaine O'Malley 66