Number 47. Winter 2013 €10.00
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Obituary: Larry Walsh by Brian Hodkinson 3
Unlikely Hero: Convict Maid Ellen Scott by Deborah Swiss 4
Foynes Aeradio in the years 1936 to 1945 by Michael Kirwan 7
James M'Carty: Teacher, Publisher and Politician, Part Two by Lucey Bowen 11
Ignatius Nihill of Limerick and Liverpool by Mary Casteleyn 17
Glencairn, "Boss" Croker and the Limerick Connection by John Leonard 19
An Involuntary Passage to Australia by Cathal Cavanagh 22
Roman Catholic Clergy in St. Munchin's Parish by John Carroll 25
A Letter written from Limerick County Jail in 1829 by Brian Hodkinson 30
Thomas St. John Gaffney: United States Consul General in Germany 1905-1915 by Des Ryan 33
Bedford Row over the Years by T O'Farrell and R Hodkinson 39
Irish Estates, Corbally Limerick - Some Reflections by E. Gilleece and C. O'Carroll 42
Limerick and the proposed Ecuador expedition of 1846 by Brian Hodkinson 45
'Mad-Doctoring' in 19th Century Limerick by John Rainsford 47