Limerick City and County Council is appealing to the public for artefacts, documents and other material relating to major Irish historical events that can be used in local exhibitions over the coming months and years.

Conservation officer Tom Cassidy, said it is hoped that the material will be used in displays and commemorations as Limerick marks local involvement in The Howth and Kilcoole Gun Running (1914), World War One (1914-18), the centenary of the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence (1919-1922).

“We’re particularly looking for information relating to Sir Thomas Myles, a prominent Irish Home Ruler and surgeon from Limerick City who had been honoured with a knighthood and the honorary freedom of his native city to mark his professional achievements in the world of medicine,” Mr Cassidy explained.

“We’re also looking for material to commemorate the War of Independence and its aftermath, the Fall of Limerick and the Battle of Kilmallock, both key engagements in the early part of the Civil War.”

Tom O’Neill, the Council’s Heritage Officer is asking people to have a quick look through their attics or old family documents, which might just provide a unique insight, on the personal level, into this important decade.

The Section’s opening hours of 10am to 4pm, Monday to Friday, and personnel at Lissanalta House, Dooradoyle, are always available to meet with people to discuss their personal items, which form part of our collective heritage.