Limerick County Library HQ

Limerick City Library, formerly the Granary Library, is the central branch of Limerick libraries and offers a wide range of services.

County Limerick's Reference and Local Studies Department is located in the Central Library here at the Granary. In addition to the many historical reference materials available there is an extensive collection of Limerick-related materials held here. This local collection is an essential aid for anyone researching the history of Limerick.

Use of the facilities in this section is open to all and there are no charges except for photocopying and printing.

A full-time librarian is available at the reference department to assist people with queries and research. We try to help with family history queries although it should be noted that we do not offer a genealogy research service. 

Family History and Genealogy Resources: Online resources list 

Local Studies Resources:  see list Catalogue of the Local Studies online 

Other resources for family history research on our website include Family histories; Obituaries, death notices, etc. from The Limerick Chronicle newspaper;  Limerick trades directories - database of Limerick City-related content & scans of all directories in the Limerick Library collection; some registers of electors for Limerick City.

• List of main genealogy and family history resources available online

• List of freeholders and gentlemen in Co. Limerick in 1570 by J. H. Pierse, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1964)

• Limerick Corporation index of 1843 / Brian Hodkinson, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 39 (1998-99)

• A Rent Roll of the Estate of the City of Limerick, 1744-5 by Noel Murphy, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 52 (2012)

• List of Freeholders who voted in the 1760 Election in Limerick by Noel Murphy, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 52 (2012)

• Pedigree sketches from Court of Claims book, compiled by Noel Murphy

• Freemen of Limerick from 1836 - 1927, compiled by Noel Murphy

• A New List of 170 Freemen admitted between 1672 – 1680 in Limerick City

• Limerick Births, Deaths and Marriages from the 'Magazine of Magazines', 1751-1761, compiled by Noel Murphy

• Some old Limerick wills by Richard Hayes, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 1, No. 4 (September 1939); (part two, Vol. 2, No. 2 ,Autumn 1940)

• Fragments from lost census returns: entries relating to the Kilfinane district by Mainchin Seoighe, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 17 (1975)

• Pedigree sketches from the 1808 Limerick Tontine Schedule, compiled by Noel Murphy

• Pedigree sketches based on the 1840 Pery Square Tontine (54 Kb) by Noel Murphy

• Merry Widows of Limerick City, 1777-1801 by Noel Murphy, Old Limerick Journal vol. 44, Winter 2010

• More merry widows of Limerick City by Noel Murphy, Old Limerick Journal vol. 45, Winter 2011

• 'Black Jack' Blennerhassett and the County Limerick Gentry of 1735 by Gerald O'Carroll, Old Limerick Journal vol. 48, Winter 2014

• The Chief Inhabitants of the Parishes of St Mary's and St John's, Limerick, in 1813, by Rosemary ffolliott, The Irish Ancestor, Vol. 27, No. 2 (1985) 

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