THE WEBSITE for the Limerick Libraries’ Local Studies Centre has been given a facelift in an effort to make homegrown heritage more accessible to all.
Based at Limerick City Library, Barrow House on Michael Street, the Local Studies Centre carried out a complete revamp of its website, allowing users to discover the country’s rich historic tapestry in a more visual and user-friendly way.
The new website was launched by Mayor John Moran, who observed that “Limerick is a county steeped in history, from Viking invasions and castle sieges to dramatic War of Independence events”, and that “capturing all this history and heritage is such an important task for us, so that ours and future generations can fully appreciate and understand the story of our city and county”.
“The local studies website is an incredible resource for the researcher, the historian, the student, and the casually interested reader. It is a website of which Limerick can be proud.”
Local studies librarian Mike Maguire praised the depth of content on the new site, explaining that “there are fully digitised books and journals, immense database tables of information, an array of the projects that were undertaken during the Decade of Centenaries, and photographs of the city and county showing ‘then and now’.”
The site also features videos on Limerick’s history and genealogy talks, in contrast with the former site which carried only digitised archive materials.
Mayor Moran added that the Limerick Local Studies Centre and its new website provide “an access point to their heritage for the tens of thousands of people across the world who claim Limerick descent”.
He said that “many come to Limerick specifically to trace this heritage, and the Local Studies Centre is very often their starting point on this journey.”
The Limerick Libraries’ new Local Studies website can be accessed at limericklocalstudies.ie.
