To commemorate and celebrate Limerick’s major role in the eventful period of 1914-1922, Limerick Museum produced a number of projects that highlight Limerick men and women who participated, fought or died during this time.
Stand Up and Fight was a major exhibition launched in May 2015 that showcased the role of more than 4,000 men and women from Limerick that signed up for the British Army during the First World War.
The exhibition was held in Limerick Museum, and was based on images and objects that were loaned from members of the public whose ancestors fought or participated in the First World War.
They Dreamed and Are Dead was the title of an exhibition and publication examining all aspects of life in Limerick in 1916, from its deeply nationalist roots and the role of Limerick in the planning of the Rising to a year-long snapshot of life in Limerick in 1916; from fashion, education , favourite past-times, housing system, and businesses to rise of nationalism in Limerick via Cumann na mBan, the Irish League, the GAA and the Volunteers. The publication was written by Dr. Matthew Potter, Brian Hodkinson and William O’Neill and highlighted the major role that Limerick played the Rising through the Daly family, examining how Limerick was to fit into the original plans for the rebellion.
