Limerick's Life Podcast

Limerick's Life

Arts Education

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13 episodes

Bite Size: Dickens' Ducks
22/12/2025 | 9 mins.
On this bite size episode, Sharon and Peter tell of Charles Dickens visit to Limerick in 1858.Find out more at Limerick’s Life Intro music: Rose, Mary and Time by Septimius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bite Size: A Double Curse
28/11/2025 | 5 mins.
On this bite size episode, Sharon and Peter tell of two curses that were placed on Limerick.Find out more at Limerick’s Life Intro music: Rose, Mary and Time by Septimius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bite Size: The Sober Thady
30/10/2025 | 3 mins.
On this bite size episode, Sharon and Peter tell the story of the Drunken Thady and the Bishop's Lady just in time for Halloween.Find out more at Limerick’s Life Intro music: Rose, Mary and Time by Septimius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Milling about with the Russells
05/10/2025 | 20 mins.
On this episode, Sharon and Peter follow the life of John Norris Russell as he created a business empire in Limerick.Find out more at Limerick’s Life Intro music: Rose, Mary and Time by Septimius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Bovril in Ballywire
01/9/2025 | 30 mins.
On this episode, Sharon and Peter follow the life of Rosina Bulwer-Lytton and her journey from the mountains in County Limerick to the madhouse.Find out more at Limerick’s Life Intro music: Rose, Mary and Time by Septimius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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About Limerick's Life Podcast

Welcome to the Limerick’s Life Podcast where we uncover the wild, wonderful, and sometimes weird history of Limerick, Ireland.Your hosts are Sharon Slater, historian, writer, and professional digger-upper of old stories and Peter, with no historical knowledge, a microphone and a lot of questions.Intro music: Rose, Mary and Time by Septimius Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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