Limerick Tweasure Hunt

Digital traces and physical places

1 April 2012

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The instructions(excerpts)• The aim of this Tweasure Hunt is primarily to have fun, but also to

uncover some of Limerick City’s fascinating history and hidden treasures.

• On your map you will see markers for the positions of 13 plaques commemorating people, places, events and organisations - all part of Limerick’s History.  You are required to unlock the exact location of these plaques using the following clues. Once you have figured it out, go to the location of the plaque and take a picture on your phone-make sure you include your team logo in the corner.  

• Tweet the picture using the #LmkTH. This will get you 10 points.

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The instructionsPoints will be awarded as follows......... • Scoring Points• Each of the 13 Limerick plaques photographed and

tweeted 10 each• One old Limerick Streetscape re-created10 each• Creating your Own Plaque in a place of interest 20• Recording (audio or in writing) of the story connected to

that place 10• Posed Photo of Tidy Towns Helpers 10• Limerick Tidy Town - Good or Bad aspect photo 5 each• Bonus Points for less ordinary plaque 15

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The map

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The teamsTeam Elephant

Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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The Organisers

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train

Team Aeroplane

The clue: A million myles from where they ended up, this is the site of a little slice of modern musical history. Crowned winners of a talent competition in March 1978 this group would go on to become global superstars.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: Built by his brother this was the home of the Protestant bishop of Limerick in the 1780’s. Now, you might visit here to insure your future.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: One of the founding fathers of Georgian Limerick, the occupant of the house in question 2 benefited from his design.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: Home of this Bostonian who ministered during the American Civil War. Converting from Protestantism to Catholicism caused a sensation in his Native New England Home.  He came to Limerick to live in the early 1800’s and died in 1815 as a locally esteemed priest of edifying piety!

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: The family after whom this is named occupied the position of mayor 44 times, and their memorial plaque has been the place to live, then a ghetto until it was revamped into what we have today.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: From charlady on Henry Street to prima donna in La Scala, Limerick’s Swan of Erin was born in this house. It may yet become a centre of song!

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: This centre of profit making which was built in 1805 morphed into a centre of government from 1847 to 1990 and its final days were left in print.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: This Limerick Institution, which opened its doors on the 1st of December 1831, took its name from the prominent Limerick family who donated the money for the purchase of the land in a fine act of philanthropy.  Many poor Limerick dwellers were glad of its existence during 1832’s cholera epidemic.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: Bing Crosby made their name famous, though they were already well known throughout the country.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: The remains of the house in which a 17th century catholic Alderman once lived are as old as the nearby cathedral.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: The prior site of one of the early local governments, this building was knocked to make way for a residence of incarceration.

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: Abode of patriot, merchant and Mayor of Limerick, drawn,  quartered and decapitated by Cromwellian Man Henery Ireton

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The plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

The clue: The Colleen Bawn - though she never saw inside its walls, her story was told here with great shock and awe.

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Own plaque

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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Limerick Tidy Town participants

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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The Good

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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The Ugly

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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Bonus plaque

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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Extra plaques

Team Elephant Team Butterfly

Team Train Team Aeroplane

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Cityscapes

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Wrong plaques

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The mascots(logos)