Two Days in Limerick, November 2006
We used the weekend to find out a little more about the Hartigan family. We knew there was little chance of finding Thomas Hartigan - the only address for whom was "Co. Limerick" - but decided that a weekend break in Limerick with the combination of a little sightseeing and a little research would be most enjoyable!
The River Shannon, Limerick |
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Saturday morning, a little light rain, but a magnificent view of the Shannon in Limerick, looking upstream towards St Mary's Cathedral and King John's Castle in the distance. | |||
| This picture was taken from the 7th floor through a window splattered with raindrops. | ||||
| The old St Mary's Cathedral and King John's Castle in the distance appear to be dwarfed by the modern construction sites in the foreground. | ||||
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The clouds rolled away and the morning was cold, but bright and generally dry. |  |
The stiff breeze made for choppy conditions, but didn't deter the rowing club! | |
Hartigans Horse Repository and Wm B Fitt & Co. MIAA Auctioneers |
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| Trade directories for Limerick show that Michael
Hartigan was the proprietor of Hartigans Horse Repository at Upper Cecil
Street, Limerick and that the business advertised from before 1900 to at
least 1938.
Through the archway can be glimpsed a house which must have formed one of the assortment of buildings, stables and auction rooms which filled the rear courtyard. The other buildings have been demolished. We noticed that auctioneers still occupy the commercial premises on either side of the archway. |
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This is Upper Cecil Street and the archway declaring Hartigan's Horse Repository is still there. The writing itself is perfectly clear, the archway being marred only by the discoloration and the numerous ugly wires and cables strewn across in haphazard and unsightly ways. | |||
