The VRTI Goes to Limerick

On 11 February 2026 Limerick City and County Council Archives Service hosted the Virtual Treasury Roadshow – exploring the history of Limerick and its people through the lens of collections within the VRTI.

The event was fully booked and took place at 6:30pm in the The People’s Museum of Limerick.  The audience heard from a range of speakers, including:

• Sarah Hayes-Hickey – Archivist, Limerick City and County Council Archives Service
• Mike Maguire – Local Studies Library, Limerick City and County Council Library Service
• Dr Matthew Potter – Curator, Limerick Museum
• Dr Ciarán Wallace – Deputy Director, Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: Ireland’s public records: destruction and recovery
• Dr Lynn Kilgallon – Virtual Record Treasury Research Fellow: Medieval Limerick records in the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland
• Dr Brian Gurrin – Virtual Record Treasury Research Fellow: Limerick Census Records in the Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland

 

 

From left to right: Sarah Hayes-Hickey highlighting key collections held in Limerick Archives, Mike Maguire introducing the audience to the Limerick Local Studies Website, and Dr Matthew Potter describing the various collections belonging to the Limerick Museum.

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Limerick Archives has a large collection of material relating to its parent body – Limerick City and County Council, and it has also collected archive material relating to older administrations including: Limerick Board of Guardians, Limerick Rural District Council, private papers and collections relating to the commercial and cultural aspects of life in Limerick.

Many collections are digitised and available, along with detailed lists, on: https://www.limerick.ie/discover/explore/historical-resources/limerick-archives/

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Other important links:

Limerick Local Studies: https://limericklocalstudies.ie/

Limerick Museum: https://www.limerick.ie/limerick-museum

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Thumbnail Image: View of the Tontine Terrace, Perry Square [sic], Limerick, looking towards Saint Michael’s Church of Ireland. The People’s Museum of Limerick is in the furthest house on the terrace (Source: NLI Flickr photostream, 2011).