An Online Exhibition Commissioned by Limerick Museum.
Researched and Curated by Dr Stephen Griffin.
This exhibition is part of the Limerick City and County Council Decade of Centenaries Programme, which is organised by Limerick City and County Library Service and funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media under the Decade of Centenaries 2012 - 2023 initiative.
A number of newspapers were published in Limerick during the period 1916 - 23. This exhibition examines their response to the principal events of the Irish Revolution such as the Easter Rising, the 1918 General Election, the War of Independence and the Treaty. The exhibition draws on the rich collection of digitised newspapers in the Local Studies section of Limerick Library Service
