Limerick City Library

Limerick City Library, based at Barrow House in Limerick, serves as the city’s main public library and a working reference point for local research.

Alongside lending shelves and reading spaces, libraries of this kind hold local studies collections that are valuable to anyone tracing Limerick ancestors or reading into the city’s literary and social history: newspapers, directories, maps, photographs and local publications. Staff can usually point researchers towards the right sources and towards other record repositories in the county. Check current opening hours and whether particular collections need to be booked before making a research visit.